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winner

winner

1.0
A person or team that beats others in a competition
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪnər/
translation icon : ganador
  • Darling, you're a Medal of Honor winner.
  • winners and losers
  • a prize winner
  • an award winner

So if you tend to be around winners, you'll start to buy.

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Examples

  • And one of those women was going to be the first winner of the year.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • After an intense match, Maria was declared the winner of the tournament.

  • But my mom raised the biggest winner in that high school.

  • Red is the winner and blue is the first one.

  • You want to be a winner or not?

  • Research in information technology is the big winner among the research programs.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I had the winner in the fourth race: 'Joy Boy'.

  • As the week drew to a close, the lucky winner was a very emotional Miss from Alabama.

  • He's the greatest winner this league has ever seen.

  • Each year we recognize the winners of the Harvard Medal.

Synonyms

success
vswinner
513 2.0

A person who has achieved a lot in their life or career

is narrower, referring to single wins or contests rather than broad achievement
champ
vswinner
  • Informal
278 2.7

A person who wins first place in a competition

is more neutral and applies to any victory not only top place
victor
vswinner
62 3.5

A person who wins a game, battle, or contest

is more neutral and general rather than stressing defeat
prize winner
vswinner
34 1.5

A person chosen to receive a prize in a contest or lottery

is the same idea but written as two separate words
achiever
vswinner
18 3.2

A person who reaches their goals through hard work and skill

emphasizes general life success rather than single contest victory
prizewinner
vswinner
2 2.7

A person or thing that wins a prize in a contest

is broader, applying to any victory not only prize gains
winna
vswinner
  • UK
9.9

A person who wins a game or other contest

is the standard neutral form rather than dialectal
triumphator
vswinner
9.9

A person who wins a great victory in a contest

refers to winning in general without stressing great victory
titler
vswinner
8.0

An athlete who has won a championship

covers any kind of win, not only official championship holders
succeeder
vswinner
6.7

A person who often reaches their goals

focuses on single event wins rather than long term achievement

Antonyms

166 1.0

A person or team that does not win a competition

Idioms

we have a winner
  • Informal
9 5.8

You say this when someone wins or something works well

Compounds

34 1.5

A person chosen to receive a prize in a contest or lottery

A person who wins a lottery and gets the prize

medal winner
  • Jargon
2 3.4

A golfer who has the lowest score in medal play and comes first in the tournament

How Successful

legend
256 3.5
champion
1 3.5
winner
1.0
contender
152 3.5
participant
295 2.4

Surface Forms

winner singular
winners plural

Morphology

winner = win (transparent) = win + er

Regular agent-noun formation: 'win' + '-er' yields 'one who wins', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Winner comes from the old verb win, from Old English winnan, which meant 'to fight' or 'work hard'. So a winner is someone who 'fought' or worked hard and finished first.