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Synonyms for contender
con·tender
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Princeton's WordNet
rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contendernoun
the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
Synonyms:
rival, competition, competitor, contention, rivalry, challenger, contest
Editors Contribution
godsidernoun
everyone needs to become a godsider. from ps 56:9b and romans 8:31b
becoming a godsider is being victorious in christ against all wiles of the enemy/satan.
Submitted by angatmasa22 on August 30, 2023
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1311 | favorite | |
#2078 | competition | |
#3485 | candidate | |
#3575 | contest | |
#11080 | rival | |
#12862 | competitor | |
#15577 | challenger | |
#17032 | contention | |
#23458 | rivalry | |
#25149 | contender |
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Coming into the convention, we believed that Mike Stone was going to be a very good contender as president, we were thankful that Pastor Ed Litton was the one that did win.
For sure, Marc will want to be in front because he will want his revenge, he will be in front for sure from the first race and will be a tough rival, but we are tough too. So we have to have a great battle, we have to work hard to be in front, and let’s see who will be the main contender.
I think not having the major contender here has allowed the other candidates to really shine, because the emphasis was on what they have to say, which is being undermined by the theatrics of the debates.
A lot of people did not take him seriously in the beginning, and he's proven to be a very serious contender.
Ted Cruz will do well among voters of Cuban background who are not supportive of immigration reform, which is a small group, i would slightly favor Jeb Bush, but Marco Rubio is a strong contender too. We have great prospects for winning the Latino vote.
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