PLACER Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

placer

noun

Definition of placer

as in champ

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Recent Examples of placer Dayne’s older brother, Dominic, was a two-time state placer at West Aurora — including last season’s runner-up finish as a senior — and is now wrestling in college at Ohio. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026 The left-hander has blown away his previous career highs in innings and strikeouts and is a lock to finish among the top placers in the American League Cy Young Award vote. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Aside from metal prices and some automation, placer mining has changed little over the past 125 years. — Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025 Tennis Micah Ober, Winters Mill, senior The county boys singles division is wide open after the top three placers at last year’s county tournament all graduated, but Ober could be the player to beat. — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for placer

Recent Examples of Synonyms for placer

Noun

Outside of winning golf’s Grand Slam, repeating as Super Bowl champs is the hardest feat in sports.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Others like Washington, Iowa and Illinois frequently fly under the radar as tough places to play, and home games in Bloomington are going to reach a whole new level now that the Hoosiers are defending champs.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of champ

Noun

In one episode, Jordan brought her to his hometown for a family dinner, with an empty chair representing the estranged Super Bowl champion.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
In the space of 18 months, China has gone from lagging far behind the US to hosting multiple AI models that are nipping at the heels of Silicon Valley’s champions and gaining major traction among users globally.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of champion

Noun

There, Oldham—a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist—runs his fine jewelry label, while Paige works as a professor at Pratt and a technical director for Linked By Air, a design and technology studio in Brooklyn.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
Los Angeles also gets a quality young guard in Akoa Makani, who started for a WNBA finalist at age 24 last season.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of finalist

Noun

One stronghold after another has fallen to the ruthless conqueror Nobunaga Oda—often celebrated as the first great unifier of Japan but here cast as a largely offscreen mega-villain.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Topuria, for his part, has vowed to run it back with Gaethje, praising his conqueror while promising the story between them is far from over.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026