'Contestant' definitions:
Definition of 'contestant'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Contestant'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'contestant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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