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 Like all the other participants in the beginning class, Bugumba also has an artistic bent, bringing a tumbler artistically decorated with cat logos and a phone case covered with feline pictures. — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 Time therefore became a critical factor, as market participants first needed to understand the role and implications of partnering with a public investor that shared both risks and returns. — John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 After their successful two-year immersion into the business, Launch participants are offered a full-time job. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 The brand used smaller-scale settings to facilitate exchange and give participants more space to interact, while a continuous series of activities allowed individual encounters to develop into relationships. — Advertorial, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026 Even if participants pay for their own tickets, the Likud argues priority flight access and group discount rates are prohibited benefits that amount to election bribery under Israeli law. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 Habib Sotoudehnejad, head of Tehran’s sports department, said about 5% of participants violated race rules. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 The project attracted remarkable participants beyond its massive cast of extras. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Wright and De Geer, both of whom attended the 2019 oral history conference, were among the participants that pushed back on Mueller's views. — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 8 Sep. 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

Definition of participators

Noun

A lot of pitchers, a lot of position players here, players that can play all over the field.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Deciding to move either Altuve or Alvarez to left field on a full-time basis would help alleviate some of this mess, but would leave the players vulnerable to injury and the ballclub vulnerable to bad defense.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of players

Noun

Less than a week before production started, Bonilla lost the actors who were originally playing Principal Brady and Abigail.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Dumont worked with a cast of non-professional actors, adopting a documentary-like approach to the film, shot against the cliffs and open waters of the Mediterranean.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

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