MEDALIST Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

medalist

noun

variants or medallist

Definition of medalist

as in prizewinner

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Recent Examples of medalist Simone Biles, the 29-year-old, 11-time Olympic medalist, has not officially come out of retirement. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Gymnast Jordan Chiles will try a return to the Olympics in 2028 in Los Angeles, the gold medalist from the Paris Games announced Wednesday — with an assist from Michael Jordan. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026 Her mother, Rizza, was a Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist in swimming before becoming the CFO of a major telecommunications firm, while her uncle Noli is a former high-ranking official in Philippine basketball. — Max Gao, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026 The Olympic gold medalist’s look had a sleeveless, figure-fitting silhouette with a wrap detail at the drop waist. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medalist

Recent Examples of Synonyms for medalist

Noun

This Cannes Directors’ Fortnight prizewinner sets out its pitch-black-comic stall early with a prologue in which, after a brief contretemps, local man Raoul Brun (Jean-Louis Coulloc’h) blows his supercilious neighbor’s head off with a shotgun and then disappears.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026
North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Learn about North Dakota's history of rodeos and ranching; see prizewinners' saddles; and visit a gallery of bronze sculptures depicting longhorns, horses, and cowboys.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026

Definition of prizewinner

Noun

One year later, the Canadian is out before the second week in Flushing Meadows, after losing to his fellow former semifinalist here.

— Lukas Weese, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Navarro was leading going into the remainder of the match, but Boisson — a 2025 French Open semifinalist — capitalized on the delay to win the second set.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of semifinalist

Noun

Keith gained notoriety for his work with superstars like Beyonce, Cardi B, Drake and Travis Scott, and his death shocked the hip-hop community.

— Deena Zaru, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
During his final season with the Fighters, Wolfe’s teammate was future Los Angeles Dodger superstar Shohei Ohtani.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of superstar

Noun

Rogge was also a 2025 Woolmark Prize finalist, and has seen her designs land on the likes of Dua Lipa, Chloé Sévigny and Rihanna.

— WWD Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Mandel's futuristic story of a world ravaged by a lethal flu virus was already a bestseller and National Book Award finalist six years before the coronavirus pandemic gave it the unwanted status of prophecy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of finalist

Noun

Most of the early mining there consisted of placer mining — extracting minerals from sand and gravel in river beds — and mining declined during the Civil War.

— John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 July 2026
Its breakout star is Parker Schnabel, a thirty-one-year-old who runs a placer mine in the Yukon that brought in fifty-one million dollars last year.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Definition of placer

Noun

One involved American Learner Tien, with the 20-year-old bidding to become the youngest American male quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows since Andy Roddick in 2002.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Central, a Class 4A quarterfinalist last season, graduated Jonaz Walton, a former AJC Super 11 who rushed for 5,965 yards in his career, now at Notre Dame.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of quarterfinalist

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