The flyweight champion contended with a strong challenger.
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Challenger
//ˈt͡ʃælɪn(d)ʒə//
Synonyms for "challenger" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (4)
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2 entriescapable of
2 entriescauses desire
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4 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- հավակնորդ noun (one who challenges)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предизвикател noun (one who challenges)
- претенде́нт noun (one who challenges)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 挑戰者號 /挑战者号 name (name of a space shuttle)
- 挑戰者 /挑战者 noun (one who challenges)
Czech
1 entries- vyzývatel noun (one who challenges)
Danish
1 entries- udfordrer noun (one who challenges)
Dutch
1 entries- uitdager noun (one who challenges)
Finnish
3 entries- haastaja noun (one who challenges)
- haastaja noun (one who plays against the current champion of a contest or game in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion)
- haastaja noun (match, tournament, or tour of the second-highest tier organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals)
French
2 entries- challengeur noun (one who challenges)
- concurrent noun (one who challenges)
Galician
1 entries- desafiador noun (one who challenges)
Georgian
4 entries- გამომწვევი noun (one who challenges)
- მეტოქე noun (one who challenges)
- მოცილე noun (one who challenges)
- ოპონენტი noun (one who challenges)
German
2 entries- Herausforderer noun (one who challenges)
- Herausforderin noun (one who challenges)
Hindi
1 entries- दावेदार noun (one who challenges)
Indonesian
1 entries- penantang noun (one who challenges)
Irish
1 entries- agóideoir noun (one who challenges)
Italian
2 entries- sfidante noun (one who challenges)
- sfidatore noun (one who challenges)
Japanese
2 entries- チャレンジャー name (name of a space shuttle)
- 挑戦者 noun (one who challenges)
Korean
1 entries- 도전자 noun (one who challenges)
Latin
1 entries- prōvocātor noun (one who challenges)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utfordrer noun (one who challenges)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- utfordrar noun (one who challenges)
Old High German
1 entries- urheizo noun (one who challenges)
Persian
1 entries- چالشانگیز noun (one who challenges)
Polish
1 entries- konkurent noun (one who challenges)
Portuguese
2 entries- desafiador noun (one who challenges)
- desafiante noun (one who challenges)
Quechua
1 entries- tupaq noun (one who challenges)
Romanian
3 entries- persoană care contestă ceva noun (one who challenges)
- pretendent noun (one who challenges)
- pretendentă noun (one who challenges)
Russian
2 entries- Че́лленджер name (name of a space shuttle)
- претенде́нт noun (one who challenges)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- izazìvāč noun (one who challenges)
- изазѝва̄ч noun (one who challenges)
Slovak
1 entries- vyzývateľ noun (one who challenges)
Spanish
2 entries- desafiador noun (one who challenges)
- retante noun (one who challenges)
Thai
1 entries- คู่แข่ง noun (one who challenges)
Ukrainian
1 entries- претенде́нт noun (one who challenges)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người thách noun (one who challenges)
Welsh
1 entries- heriwr noun (one who challenges)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
He's reigning champion, and no young challenger is going to take it away from him.
Source: tatoeba (239540)
Challenger exploded on January 28th 1986.
Source: tatoeba (913584)
In two moves, Kasparov will check the challenger.
Source: tatoeba (965233)
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