the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" Synonym(s):rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contender \Con*tend"er\, n.
One who contends; a contestant.
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