contender

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

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
• Derivationally related forms:
contend, compete (for: competitor), challenge (for: challenger), rivalrous (for: rival), rival (for: rival)
• Hypernyms:
contestant
• Hyponyms:
champion, champ, title-holder, comer, finalist,
foe, enemy, front-runner, favorite, favourite, king,
queen, world-beater, runner-up, second best, scratch, semifinalist,
street fighter, tier, tilter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rival, challenger, competitor, competition