Synonyms of challengers

challengers

noun

plural of challenger

as in competitors

one who strives for the same thing as another

the third-party challenger in the presidential election

Synonyms & Similar Words

• competitors
• contenders
• contestants
• rivals
• competitions
• finalists
• corrivals
• entrants
• players
• opponents
• entries
• archrivals
• adversaries
• antagonists
• semifinalists
• also-rans

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noncompetitors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of challengers

The Peronists won roughly a third of the vote in last year’s midterms and remain Milei’s likeliest challengers in a presidential runoff next year. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Season 42 continues on Wednesday with Matthew Riggle returning as champion to face two new challengers. — Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Both have fiercely defended the map and went to court to defend it from challengers. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

As, it should be said, has Vardy, with Burnley manager Nicky Hayen, when asked about his new signing’s qualities, pretty much describing the sort of variety that Wrexham need to add up front to become genuine challengers for automatic promotion. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Neither support socialism or are perceived as woke, which is otherwise a growing trend among Democratic challengers in the country. — Hazel Gandhi, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026

The Tigers already defeated potential CFP challengers UNLV 27-21 on the road. — Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026

The Virginia case has reached discovery, allowing the challengers to seek documents and information about how the program was developed. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

But challengers emerged and weakened its quest for dominance, often with different models ostensibly tailored to be more local. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026