Champion

//ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən//

Synonyms for "champion" (356 found)

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Strong matches (106)

cream of the crop crowning cushion dandy dean defeater defend defender dependence deputy distinguished dominant dummy easy winner elect elite encourager endorse endorser ensure

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Verb(1 words)

defend

Noun(8 words)

fighter friend genius hero hotshot lulu maven mavin

Related words (178)

overruling paladin pancratiast paragon paramount paranymph partisan party patent patron patroness peerless pick picked piece de resistance pillar pinch hitter plead for pleader police

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predominant preeminent premier preponderant prevailing primal primary prime principal prize prizeman prizetaker prizewinner prizewinning procurator prodigy promote promoter proponent protagonist protect protector protectress proxy queen quintessence quintessential ranking rebut refute register reliance reply representative respond ride shotgun for riposte rock royal ruler ruling run interference for runner up runner-up safeguard safekeeper salt of the earth savior say in defense screen second second in command secondary seconder sectary secure select senior shelter shield shoo in shoo-in shroud side with sider sovereign speak for speak up for splendid spokesman sponsor stalwart stand stand back of stand behind stand by stand in stand up for stand-in standby star stellar stick by stick up for subduer subjugator substitute successful advocate supereminent superior superlative superman superstar support supreme sure winner surpassing surrogate sustain sustainer swingeing sympathizer take sides take sides with the best the best ever the greatest the most the tops the very best title holder top dog top-notch topflight tops tower tower of strength triumpher understudy underwrite unmatchable unmatched unparalleled unsurpassed uphold upholder urge reasons for utility man vanquisher very best veteran vicar vicar general vice vicegerent victor vindicator virtuoso votary well-wisher whitewasher winner world champion world-record holder

Adjective(1 words)

prizewinning

Noun(13 words)

protagonist sensation star succeeder superstar supporter title-holder virtuoso weapon whiz whizz wiz wizard

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13 relation types

More general

20 entries

advocate advocator back challenger competition competitor contender defender endorse expert exponent guardian indorse plump for plunk for proponent

Showing 16 of 20 words.

More specific

1 entries

championess

Antonyms

1 entries

loser

Synonyms

6 entries

ace champ fighter prizewinning supporter warrior

Related terms

1 entries

championship

capable of

4 entries

battle knight best in crowd best opponent taste fruits of victory

derived

18 entries

Fruit Ninja champion champion data champion in chief champion-elect champion-in-chief championer championess championize championless championlike chumpion cochampion consensus national champion e-champion hidden champion nonchampion

Showing 16 of 18 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

kemp

has context

4 entries

british dialect ireland predicative

is a

3 entries

defender person rival

manner of

1 entries

back

related to

21 entries

alberta best best one boxing boxing winner brilliant california canada challenge championship competitor deserving excellent nebraska new york rank

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similar

1 entries

best

Translations

235 translations across 74 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

kampion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

πρόμαχος noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
ὑπέρμαχος noun (someone who fights on another's behalf)

Arabic

4 entries

بَطَل noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
بَطَلَة noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
نَصِير noun (defender of a cause)
نَصِيرَة noun (defender of a cause)

Armenian

1 entries

չեմպիոն noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Asturian

1 entries

campeón noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

çempion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Basque

1 entries

txapeldun noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Belarusian

4 entries

абаро́нца noun (defender of a cause)
барацьбі́т noun (defender of a cause)
змага́р noun (defender of a cause)
змага́рка noun (defender of a cause)

Bulgarian

4 entries

отличен adj (something very positive)
защи́тник noun (defender of a cause)
побо́рник noun (defender of a cause)
шампио́н noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Catalan

1 entries

campió noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

پاڵەوان noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

冠軍 /冠军 noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
擁護者 /拥护者 noun (defender of a cause)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

çempion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Czech

4 entries

mistr noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
mistryně noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
přeborník noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
šampión noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Danish

4 entries

førsteklasses adj (something very positive)
mesterlig adj (something very positive)
champion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
mester noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Dutch

4 entries

eerste klasse adj (something very positive)
meesterlijk adj (something very positive)
kampioen noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
kampioene noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Esperanto

2 entries

ĉampionino noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
ĉampiono noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Estonian

2 entries

meister noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
tšempion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Faroese

1 entries

meistari noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Finnish

4 entries

mestari adj (something very positive)
esitaistelija noun (defender of a cause)
mestari noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
puolestapuhuja noun (defender of a cause)

French

3 entries

champion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
championne noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
championner verb (to advocate)

Gagauz

1 entries

çempion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Galician

1 entries

campión noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Georgian

1 entries

ჩემპიონი noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

German

4 entries

Beschützer noun (defender of a cause)
Fürsprecher noun (defender of a cause)
Gewinner noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
Gewinnerin noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Greek

4 entries

πρωταθλήτρια noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
πρωταθλητής noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
υπέρμαχος noun (defender of a cause)
υπερασπιστής noun (defender of a cause)

Hebrew

2 entries

אַלּוּף noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
אַלּוּפָה noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Hindi

1 entries

चैंपियन noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Hungarian

2 entries

bajnok noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
bajnoknő noun (a female champion)

Indonesian

2 entries

juara noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
pemenang noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

قَهْرَمان noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
پَهْلِوان noun (defender of a cause)

Irish

2 entries

curadh noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
seaimpín noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Italian

2 entries

campione noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
campionessa noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Japanese

4 entries

チャンピオン noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
優勝者 noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
擁護者 noun (defender of a cause)
王者 noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Kazakh

1 entries

чемпион noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Khmer

1 entries

ជើងឯក noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Korean

3 entries

옹호자 noun (defender of a cause)
우승자 noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
챔피언 noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

чемпион noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Latin

4 entries

adversaria noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
adversarius noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
praeses noun (defender of a cause)
propugnator noun (defender of a cause)

Latvian

3 entries

aizstāvis noun (defender of a cause)
čempione noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
čempions noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Lithuanian

2 entries

čempionas noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
čempionė noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Low German

4 entries

Meester noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
Meesterin noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
Meestersch noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
Meestersche noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Macedonian

4 entries

перјаник noun (someone who fights on another's behalf)
поборник noun (defender of a cause)
поборничка noun (defender of a cause)
шампио́н noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Mongolian

2 entries

аварга noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
тэмцэгч noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Māori

4 entries

papatū noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
pākai noun (someone who fights on another's behalf)
toki noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
whakaihuwaka noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

forkjemper noun (defender of a cause)
mester noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

forkjempar noun (defender of a cause)
meister noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Occitan

1 entries

campion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

آلپ noun (defender of a cause)
قهرمان noun (defender of a cause)
قوچاق noun (defender of a cause)
پهلوان noun (defender of a cause)

Pashto

4 entries

اتل adj (something very positive)
اتل noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
اتل noun (defender of a cause)
اتله noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Polish

4 entries

mistrz noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
mistrzyni noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
obrońca noun (defender of a cause)
obrończyni noun (defender of a cause)

Portuguese

2 entries

campeã noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
campeão noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Romagnol

1 entries

as noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Romanian

2 entries

campioană noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
campion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Russian

4 entries

боре́ц noun (defender of a cause)
защи́тник noun (defender of a cause)
защи́тница noun (defender of a cause)
победи́тель noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Scots

1 entries

fechter noun (defender of a cause)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

gaisgeach noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pr̀vāk noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
pòbednīk noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
pòbjednīk noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
pòbōrnīk noun (defender of a cause)

Slovak

4 entries

majster noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
majsterka noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
preborník noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
šampión noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Slovene

2 entries

prvak noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
prvakinja noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Spanish

4 entries

abanderado noun (defender of a cause)
adalid noun (defender of a cause)
campeona noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
campeón noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Swahili

1 entries

bingwa noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Swedish

4 entries

förkämpe noun (defender of a cause)
mästare noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
mästarinna noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
vinnare noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Tajik

2 entries

чемпион noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
қаҳрамон noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Tatar

3 entries

җиңеп чыгучы noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
җиңүче noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
өстен чыгучы noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Thai

2 entries

แชมป์ noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
แชมเปี้ยน noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Turkish

1 entries

şampiyon noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Turkmen

1 entries

çempion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Ukrainian

4 entries

боре́ць noun (defender of a cause)
захисни́к noun (defender of a cause)
захисни́ця noun (defender of a cause)
оборо́нець noun (defender of a cause)

Urdu

3 entries

حِمایَت کار noun (defender of a cause)
مُبارِز noun (defender of a cause)
چَمْپِییَن noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Uzbek

1 entries

chempion noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Vietnamese

2 entries

nhà vô địch noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
quán quân noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Welsh

1 entries

hyrwyddwr noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Yiddish

2 entries

מײַסטער noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)
מײַסטערין noun (someone who has been winner in a contest)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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The Japanese World Cup champion team came back home flushed with victory.

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The flyweight champion contended with a strong challenger.

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The champion had the challengers at his mercy.

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The champion was welcomed by large crowds.

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Champion

Synonyms for "champion" (356 found)

Closest matches (72)

Strong matches (106)

Related words (178)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

capable of

derived

etymologically related_to

has context

is a

manner of

related to

similar

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bulgarian

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese Mandarin

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Gagauz

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Indonesian

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Low German

Macedonian

Mongolian

Māori

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Occitan

Ottoman Turkish

Pashto

Polish

Portuguese

Romagnol

Romanian

Russian

Scots

Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian

Slovak

Slovene