Synonyms of entrant

entrant

noun

as in entry

a person who enters something (such as a competition)

Each entrant had to agree to the contest rules.

There were thousands of new entrants into the competition.

Related Words

• entry
• competitor
• contestant
• candidate
• recruit
• applicant
• freshman
• newcomer
• student
• rookie
• fledgling
• novice
• colt
• probationer
• apprentice
• virgin
• greenhorn
• qualifier
• newbie
• novitiate
• tyro
• beginner
• rook
• favorite
• tenderfoot
• neophyte
• contender
• seeker
• aspirant
• cub
• punk
• campaigner
• hopeful
• abecedarian
• expectant
• amateur
• trainee
• learner
• babe
• prospect
• dabbler
• applier
• dilettante

Dissimilar Words

• dropout
• noncandidate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of entrant

At the Grand Slams, which have 128 entrants in the men’s and women’s singles fields, wild cards usually take up six percent of the entries. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

While rising college-going rates helped university entrants grow to 640,000 over that period, the government projects that number will fall to about 510,000 by 2040 as demographic decline accelerates. — Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

But Tencent is facing a slew of competition in the AI space, from established titans like Alibaba to newer entrants like DeepSeek and Moonshot AI, the developer of the Kimi models. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

The sluggish job market has shut out new entrants and left people like Ruiz feeling stuck. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026