QUALIFIERS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

qualifiers

noun

plural of qualifier

as in competitors

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Recent Examples of qualifiers For the first time in quite a while, the western and eastern Europe qualifiers have been merged into one super qualifier, featuring top teams from both regions. — Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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Noun

But newspaper people ought to stand in solidarity with our broadcast brethren/competitors in this incredibly small-minded and grudging clash between the White House and the Washington press corps.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
The King of the Mountain match was one of the unique bouts in the company as competitors fight to hang a title belt on a hook suspended above the cage.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of competitors

Noun

That’s five major entrants choosing banking infrastructure as their on-ramp into regulated onchain finance, alongside Coinbase choosing exchange infrastructure as its own.

— Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Cold water and hot rooms alone may not be enough to differentiate new entrants.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of entrants

Noun

Experiment with possible emphases of this puzzle’s revealer, at 55A, to make sense of the grid’s three themed entries.

— New York Times, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2026
The same July 20 entries show sales of between $1 million and $5 million of Oracle, along with purchases that included between $500,001 and $1 million of Nvidia.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of entries

Noun

Backstage, ten makeup artists, ten hairstylists, and nine dressers fuss over the Swans, the nine final contestants of this surgical interpretation of Cinderella.

— Joan Kron, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026
Among the new teenage contestants are Neelsa Boyce, portrayed by SNL newcomer Saidah Belo-Osagie; Veronika Slowikowska as Isla; Sarah Sherman as Jamie; Jane Wickline as Duff; and fellow newcomer Grace Reiter as Margle.

— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of contestants

Noun

Forty-four prospective candidates have submitted applications to become the next permanent superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, according to the city agency tasked with vetting those bids.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2026
Watchmaking entrants will reinterpret the in-house self-winding automatic 1847 MC movement through that lens, while jewelry candidates are invited to translate an animal’s presence into a brooch.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of candidates

Noun

Investigators also say Whitney reported that there were no scholarship applicants this spring, but three students had applied.

— Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
The applicants had wanted to hold the march in the afternoon with 60 participants.

— Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of applicants

Noun

Guard and Grace has hyped up Charlotte foodies this year with an early preview event and a steady lineup of collabs with restaurant favorites Chapter 6, Uchi, O-Ku, The Goodyear House and Customshop.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026
Across a high-energy midday set that spanned their chart-topping singles and fan favorites, the six moved across the stage with the confidence of a group accustomed to one another’s rhythms, while fans in the crowd danced along in the stands.

— Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of favorites

Noun

The Montclair Film Festival has unveiled the complete lineup for its 2026 edition, bringing a slate of international premieres, awards season contenders, documentaries and independent films to New Jersey.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
This year, the biggest contenders for those awards are likely Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid (the year’s festival darling) and Kane Parsons’ Backrooms (one of the year’s big financial success stories).

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

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