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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the contestant you hope to defeat;
- Example: "he had respect for his rivals"
- Example: "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
[syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contender \Con*tend"er\, n.
   One who contends; a contestant.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contender
    n 1: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
         rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
         [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition,
         contender]