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finisher

finisher

14 3.5
A person, animal, or vehicle that completes a race
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪnɪʃər/
translation icon : participante que terminó
  • In the triathlon, the first finisher received a trophy and a cash prize.
  • top finishers
  • a race finisher
  • a marathon finisher

And all the statistics say that Messi is the best finisher of all time, which I think helps a lot.

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Examples

  • And, finally, our third finisher, Joe Tanto!

  • The men's team placed three of the top ten finishers in the saber competition.

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  • And, I think we have our final finisher coming into the home stretch!

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  • And they really have left this one for the fastest finisher.

  • Top five finishers this weekend represent us in the challenge.

  • The third-place finisher will take home $2.2 million.

  • Josh Cohen is our ninth-place finisher.

  • The top five finishers will qualify for the Wings Around the Globe Rally.

  • Huck Cheever is our third place finisher, winning $650,000.

  • GIL: And Michelle Carson, our fifth-place finisher, wins $320,000.

Synonyms

completer
vsfinisher
1 4.3

A person who finishes tasks and leaves nothing unfinished

is used only for ending races or contests and includes animals or vehicles

Antonyms

78 3.4

A person who leaves school, college, or another group before finishing

How Successful

winner
1.0
contender
152 3.5
finisher
14 3.5
participant
295 2.4

Surface Forms

finisher singular
finishers plural

Morphology

finisher = finish (transparent) = finish + er

Agentive formation indicating the one who completes (a race); the sense is a direct extension of 'to finish'.

Etymology

The word finisher is made from finish meaning 'to reach the end' and -er meaning 'one who', like in runner. So a finisher is someone, an animal, or a vehicle that completes a race.