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finisher

finisher

14 3.5
A person, animal, or vehicle that completes a race
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪnɪʃər/
: 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.