PARTICIPANT Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

participant

noun

pär-ˈti-sə-pənt

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one who takes part in something he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank

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Recent Examples of participant Alito has remained an active and engaged participant in the court's work, even after he was briefly hospitalized earlier this year for a health scare of undisclosed origin. —

ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026 Over the course of six sessions, participants will visit county facilities, meet the professionals who deliver these services and see firsthand how operations work behind the scenes. —

Andria Herr, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026 After a Fry-nal Four week-long voting period that saw 430 participants, readers named Rosedale Bar-B-Q, 600 Southwest Blvd. —

Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026 All participants competed at the same time in the same space. —

Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for participant

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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

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