PARTICIPANTS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

participants

noun

plural of participant

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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 participants The study initially enrolled 53,000 varsity college athletes and service academy members; roughly one-quarter remain participants today. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Even though the narrative is sci-fi/horror-oriented, and participants are promised an actual alien encounter. — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026 For Lev, assessing what participants take home means asking about their behavior. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 What readers are saying The conversation explores a wide range of perspectives on the death penalty, with many participants expressing strong opposition to it. — Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026 Blurred boundaries Measuring global functional connectivity—how much influence each patch of cortex exerts over the rest—the team found that, when participants had their eyes closed, sensory regions lost sway while associative regions gained. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026 Voya's research found nearly two-thirds of participants want access to private market investments. — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026 Jeff Kizer is among a handful of participants selected to work one-on-one with a financial expert for CNN’s Savings Challenge. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 Rappers Lucki and Playboi Carti were seen in videos posted to social media, though the cause of the fight and its participants remain unclear. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

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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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The actors Nael Nacer and Artemis Pebdani double as Haddad’s great-aunt and -uncle and parents, playing across a spectrum of discomfort and cautious support.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
There are different frame rates given it goes from full-speed to slow motion, and it’s timed to the beats of the music, which then have to be played two or three times as fast in order for the actors to properly hit their marks.

— Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

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