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 In classic Biles fashion, the gold medalist gave her social media followers a glimpse inside her game-day routine before kickoff. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2026 The second week of the competition took place last night, sending Giada De Laurentiis home but also seeing an Olympic gold medalist and Paralympic gold medalist at the top of the leaderboard. — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 Rob Thomas Partners Amber and Pasha meet for the first time on Olympic gold medalist Amber’s turf — the ice-skating rink — and I am immediately obsessed with their budding friendship. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 The event will also feature soccer star Abby Wambach and Olympic gold medalist Hilary Knight and a screening of the 30 for 30 documentary Give Me The Ball! — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for medalist

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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

Just outside of the town center, its restaurant serves seasonal and local cooking led by James Beard Award semifinalist Chef Cowin Kave, with a stellar wine and cocktail program in a cozy dining room centered around the fireplace.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Drastic Measures was a semifinalist for Outstanding Bar in 2024 and 2026 and advanced to finalist in 2023 in the same category, and Sanders in 2025 was a semifinalist in a new category, Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service, for Wild Child.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of semifinalist

Noun

Kyle Tucker scored on an Andy Pages RBI single before superstar Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run home run 428 feet into the right-center field bleachers.

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Independent professional wrestling is one of the last true sports where sports fans can get into an event, meet up-and-coming superstars, see a great show and leave with your shirt on your back.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of superstar

Noun

The artist is a finalist in 15 categories, including recognition for DINASTÍA, his collaborative album with Peso Pluma.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026
The hard part for now really rests with Webb, who was a finalist for multiple head coaching jobs in the previous cycle and had chances to join other teams in a play-calling role for the 2026 season.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 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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