Synonyms of contestants

contestants

noun

plural of contestant

as in competitors

one who strives for the same thing as another

three contestants will compete on live TV for the cash prize

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noncompetitors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of contestants

Cut Week will mark the biggest elimination in The Voice history, when each coach will send two singers straight through to Live Shows as five more contestants battle for one remaining spot on each team. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026

Uninterested Woman Game Show A classic game show premise, where our contestants are three scuzzy-looking men (Inde Navarrette, Jane Wickline, and Sarah Sherman) who really cannot just leave a married lesbian named Kelly (Saidah Belo-Osagie) alone. — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2026

For The Uninterested Woman Dating Show, Navarrette hilariously played Dane, one of the f*ckboy contestants, along with Jane Wickline and Sarah Sherman. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026

Since nobody was banished, host Alan Cumming then forced the contestants back to the Roundtable the very next morning, and this time the table followed Victor’s lead and banished Tomica by a 10-2 vote. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2026

Anyway, we are now informed, reliably or not, that the final contestants for the part of 007 include Jack Lowden, Callum Turner, and Josh O’Connor. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Across its 35-season tenure, Dancing With the Stars has only had one All-Star season full of returning contestants. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

This year, correspondent Luke Burbank attended the 65th annual competition, in which contestants were of a particularly slimy variety. — David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

The contestants have faced auditions, runway challenges and eliminations, with viewers getting a look at the casting process that has historically taken place behind closed doors. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026