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 Instead there were tech founders who didn’t seem to know much about cultural industries, or art world participants who didn’t seem to know much about tech. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 21 July 2026 Several talks at the conference mentioned this launch, which the Indian space participants were very proud of. — Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 According to its 2025 annual report, Girls in the Game served 3,059 participants in FY25. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 Details, including participants, will be announced later this week. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Study participants with very low p-tau217 levels likewise had a low risk of developing cognitive impairment over the five- to 10-year period. — ABC News, 15 July 2026 Netflix, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Versant and major private equity firms are among the participants in an auction run by boutique investment firm Liontree, according to Puck. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026 And the cancer of one of these participants had disappeared completely. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 14 July 2026 The liability shield exists only inside the sandbox, and only for participants that follow the rules. — John Nay, Fortune, 14 July 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 also showcased their talent by performing scenes from the show, in tandem with clips projected onto the big panel screens for audiences.

— Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 24 July 2026
But after the actors were done eating the wings of death, the pair stood up to shoot promotional material with host Sean Evans.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 July 2026

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