Synonyms for challenger
ˈtʃæl ɪn dʒərchal·len·ger

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1. challengernoun

   Synonyms:
   adversary, contender, combatant, opponent, disputer

2. challengernoun

   One who challenges.

   One child stood as king of the hill, and tried to withstand the pushes and shoves of his challengers.

   Synonyms:
   contender, opponent, disputer, adversary, combatant

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1. rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contendernoun

   the contestant you hope to defeat

   "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

   Synonyms:
   rival, competition, competitor, contender, contention, rivalry, contest

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1. List of paraphrases for "challenger":

   defiant, rival, contender, competitor

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How to use challenger in a sentence?

1. Trey Kelly:

   I am confident that because I won the only valid election for chairman of the Fulton County Republican Party that the [county] delegates' choice and the Fifth District’s decision will be affirmed in the event my challenger appeals, i look forward to getting this internal party matter resolved so that the Fulton GOP and I can concentrate on expanding our base and winning the partisan elections next year.

2. Jason Gardner:

   We have gotten close with them over the years, they are doing a lot in retail, they are building a pretty large challenger bank and that is something we focus on.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   Likewise, Bernie Sanders said Bernie Sanders campaigned for President Obama in 2008 and 2012( though Sanders in 2011 casually discussed the possibility of President Obama getting a challenger, Bernie Sanders did not ultimately recruit one). We have got to do a lot better to protect the middle class, but it's important to remember how far we've come under President President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

4. The Putorti campaign:

   It says a lot that Elise Stefanik is so terrified of a challenger that Elise Stefanik immediately resorted to outright distortions of who Matt is and why he is running.

5. Luis Gutierrez:

   It’s not easy to endorse a challenger over a colleague in the House of Representatives, especially when that colleague is a member of your party.