partakers

noun

plural of partaker
as in participants
one who takes part in something any partaker of forbidden activities will be severely punished by the sect's elders

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  1. participants
  2. participators
Noun
  • The shots were extensively tested for safety before they were authorized for emergency use, with the FDA requiring at least two months of follow-up safety data after vaccinating trial participants.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In an independent third-party clinical study of 33 participants, 100 percent showed improvement across seven key signs of lip aging after just one use, while 96 percent demonstrated enhanced lip volume after four weeks.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of participants
Noun
  • And in doing so, Gunther often lulls crowds into becoming sporting event spectators rather than the raucous participators that most other wrestlers try to draw out of them.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Definition of participators
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“Partakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partakers. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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