RUNNER-UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: runners-up   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The competitor who finishes second

Synonyms:

runner-up; second best

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("runner-up" is a kind of...):

challenger; competition; competitor; contender; rival (the contestant you hope to defeat)

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