front-runner
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- /ˈfrʌntˌrʌnər/
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- There's no doubt that Romney is the front-runner, and he's running a very disciplined campaign.
- a front-runner to win
- a Republican front-runner
- a Democratic front-runner
But we don't really know who's the front runner, to be precise.
- But we don't really know who's the front runner, to be precise.
- And this was when de Blasio was the clear front runner.
- This is the part that I'm befuddled by when you look at the polls, or at least what I've been seeing out there in the social media zeitgeists, is that she is the front runner.
- The front runner right now is Q and Audrey.
- But if you are looking for the most intense lashes of your life, I don't think this is the front runner.
- You're like to me, Paul Massey, people with big names, they become what I would call a front runner.
- The the one time front runner Warren made the classic campaign mistake of being able to finish a coherent sentence and not having a penis.
Examples
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Even at this early date, Senator Paul Saxon... appears to be the front runner for his party's nomination... for President of the United States.
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For this reason, Boston should be the front runner for his services.
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This guy might end up being the front runner to take over as CEO.
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And also remember that Apple was the front runner in creating app stores.
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Entry number 2, Mr. Judge, seems to be the front-runner for this race.
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This time we have a Mormon front runner who is winning the Catholic vote.
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But his concession speech was considered, by many, to be electrifying and has made him the obvious front runner in the 2010 Senate race.
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Zendaya looks to be the front runner to become the first black actress to win a second time at the Emmys in the drama category.
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King is widely seen as the front-runner in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe.
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The Duke Blue Devils are considered front-runners to win the NCAA Tournament.
Synonyms
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A person expected to win a competition
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A person or team leading a competition
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A person or team thought most likely to win
Antonyms
How Likely
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word front-runner comes from the simple image of a runner at the front, the person 'in front' in a race who leads and is most likely to win. So a front-runner in any contest is the person or thing expected to win.