Contestant \Con*test"ant\, n. [Cf. F. contestant.]
One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one
who claims that which has been awarded to another.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
contestant
n 1: a person who participates in competitions
2: a person who dissents from some established policy [syn: dissenter,
dissident, protester, objector]
WordNet (r) 2.0
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "contestant":
adversary, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade,
bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy, carouser, combatant, competitor,
contender, corrival, cutup, disputant, duelist, emulator, enforcer,
entrant, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, frisker,
frolicker, funmaker, gamboler, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla,
hatchet man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, jouster, knight, merrymaker,
militant, opponent, participant, playboy, player, pleasure-seeker,
pleasurer, pleasurist, plug-ugly, quarreler, reveler, rioter,
rival, rollicker, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper,
scuffler, skylarker, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man,
strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer,
swordsman, the field, thug, tilter, tough, tussler, vier,
wrangler
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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