The runner-up was given an honorable mention.
Source: tatoeba (5544515)
Runner-up
//ˌɹʌn.ɚˈʌp//
Synonyms for "runner-up" (12 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- وَصِيفَة noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Armenian
1 entries- երկրորդ տեղը գրաված noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вицешампион noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- подгласник noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 亞軍 /亚军 noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- 第二名 noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Czech
1 entries- druhý v pořadí noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Danish
1 entries- toer noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Dutch
1 entries- 2de plaats noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Finnish
4 entries- kakkonen noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- perintöprinsessa noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- toiseksi tullut noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- toka noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
French
2 entries- vice-champion noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- vice-championne noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Galician
2 entries- subcampioa noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- subcampión noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Georgian
2 entries- მეორე ადგილზე გასული noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- მეორე ადგილოსანი noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
German
4 entries- Vizemeister noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- Vizemeisterin noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- Zweite noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- Zweiter noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Greek
1 entries- επιλαχών noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Hindi
1 entries- उपविजेता noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Hungarian
3 entries- döntős noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- helyezett noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- második helyezett noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Indonesian
3 entries- juara kedua noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- peringkat kedua noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- wakil juara noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Italian
2 entries- finalista noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- vicecampione noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Japanese
3 entries- 二番 noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- 次点 noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- 次点者 noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Korean
1 entries- 차점자 noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Malay
3 entries- naib johan noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- naib juara noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- tempat kedua noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Māori
1 entries- tuarua noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- toer noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- toar noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Polish
1 entries- wicemistrz noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Portuguese
3 entries- segundo noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- segundo colocado noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- vice-campeão noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Russian
3 entries- вице-ми́сс noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- заня́вшая второ́е ме́сто noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- заня́вший второ́е ме́сто noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Spanish
4 entries- finalista noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- princesa noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- subcampeona noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- subcampeón noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Swedish
1 entries- tvåa noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Tagalog
3 entries- napabilang noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- pangalawang-nabibilang noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
- prinsesa noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Vietnamese
1 entries- á quân noun (the person who finishes in any position after the first)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
It was Schalken's second title this year and ninth of his career. He was the surprise runner-up at the Australian Open and has had a solid season, making it to the semifinals at Tennis Masters Series events at Montreal and Cincinnati.
Source: tatoeba (12283709)
Remember, if the winner cannot complete the duties, the runner-up will take over.
Source: wiktionary
For years, Twitter was a runner-up social media company. It never grew to the size and scale of a Facebook or an Instagram. It simply muddled along.
Source: wiktionary
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