I could've been a contender.
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Contender
//kənˈtɛn.dɚ//
Synonyms for "contender" (72 found)
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27 translations across 13 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- garues noun (someone who competes)
- garuese noun (someone who competes)
Armenian
2 entries- հավակնորդ noun (someone who competes)
- մրցակից noun (someone who competes)
Dutch
1 entries- mededinger noun (someone who competes)
French
2 entries- concurrent noun (someone who competes)
- rival noun (someone who competes)
Galician
2 entries- competidor noun (someone who competes)
- rival noun (someone who competes)
Georgian
1 entries- მეტოქე noun (someone who competes)
German
4 entries- Gegner noun (someone who competes)
- Konkurrent noun (someone who competes)
- Mitbewerber noun (someone who competes)
- Rivale noun (someone who competes)
Greek
2 entries- αγωνιζόμενος noun (someone who competes)
- αντίπαλος noun (someone who competes)
Macedonian
2 entries- про́тивник noun (someone who competes)
- со́перник noun (someone who competes)
Polish
2 entries- zawodniczka noun (someone who competes)
- zawodnik noun (someone who competes)
Portuguese
1 entries- competidor noun (someone who competes)
Russian
4 entries- претенде́нт noun (someone who competes)
- претенде́нтка noun (someone who competes)
- сопе́рник noun (someone who competes)
- сопе́рница noun (someone who competes)
Spanish
2 entries- contendedor noun (someone who competes)
- contendiente noun (someone who competes)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I want to be a contender.
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Tom isn't even a contender.
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I could have been a contender.
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