My father was a contestant in a cooking contest and won first prize.
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Contestant
Synonyms for "contestant" (97 found)
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescapable of
7 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesnot desires
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀγωνιστής noun (participant in a contest)
Armenian
1 entries- մրցակից noun (participant in a contest)
Bulgarian
4 entries- съперник noun (participant in a contest)
- съперница noun (participant in a contest)
- съперничка noun (participant in a contest)
- състезател noun (participant in a contest)
Catalan
2 entries- concursant noun (participant in a contest)
- participant noun (participant in a contest)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 參賽者 /参赛者 noun (participant in a contest)
- 選手 /选手 noun (participant in a contest)
Danish
1 entries- konkurrent noun (participant in a contest)
Dutch
1 entries- deelnemer noun (participant in a contest)
Finnish
3 entries- kilpailija noun (participant in a contest)
- ottelija noun (participant in a contest)
- vastustaja noun (participant in a contest)
French
2 entries- candidat noun (participant in a contest)
- participant noun (participant in a contest)
Galician
1 entries- concursante noun (participant in a contest)
Greek
2 entries- αγωνιζόμενος noun (participant in a contest)
- αντίπαλος noun (participant in a contest)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रतियोगी noun (participant in a contest)
Hungarian
1 entries- versenyző noun (participant in a contest)
Macedonian
1 entries- натпреварувач noun (participant in a contest)
Malayalam
1 entries- മത്സരാർത്ഥി noun (participant in a contest)
Mongolian
2 entries- тэмцэгч noun (participant in a contest)
- өрсөлдөгч noun (participant in a contest)
Māori
1 entries- tauwhawhai noun (participant in a contest)
Polish
2 entries- zawodniczka noun (participant in a contest)
- zawodnik noun (participant in a contest)
Russian
2 entries- сопе́рник noun (participant in a contest)
- сопе́рница noun (participant in a contest)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- co-fharpaiseach noun (participant in a contest)
Spanish
1 entries- concursante noun (participant in a contest)
Turkish
1 entries- yarışmacı noun (participant in a contest)
Urdu
1 entries- اُمیدوار noun (participant in a contest)
Welsh
2 entries- cystadleuwr noun (participant in a contest)
- ymrysonwr noun (participant in a contest)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The contestant made two false starts.
Source: tatoeba (68014)
The Miss Universe contestant tripped on her gown but got up again gracefully and continued down the runway.
Source: tatoeba (553416)
The contestant blurted out the right answer just before the time ran out.
Source: tatoeba (853248)
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