What does "frontrunner" mean?

Alternative form of front runner.

What is a synonym for "frontrunner"?

Common synonyms include: advance guard, airhead, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, avant garde.

Frontrunner

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Alternative form of front runner. alt-of, alternative
"“Republican frontrunner Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Michigan on Monday to make astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton,” the left-leaning ThinkProgress wrote."

Synonyms

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advance guard airhead ancestor announcer antecedent avant garde

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"“Republican frontrunner Donald Trump used a campaign stop in Michigan on Monday to make astonishingly sexist attacks against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton,” the left-leaning ThinkProgress wrote."

Etymology

From front + runner.

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