participant

1. 1.

   someone who takes part in an activity

   “he was a major player in setting up the corporation”

   Synonymsplayer

   Broaderassociate

   Narrowerattendantdiscussantbridegroommasqueraderpartakerretreatant
2. 2.

   a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

   Synonymsplayer

   Broadercontestant

   Narrowerballplayerbilliard playerbowlercard playerchess playerdart playerfootball playergolfergrandmasterhockey player

Other forms of participant

plural

participants·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about participant

What does participant mean?

participant means "someone who takes part in an activity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in participant?

participant has 4 syllables: par-tic-i-pant. The stress falls on "tic". In IPA it is /pɑɹˈtɪsəpənt/.

What is another word for participant?

Close synonyms include player, player. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is participant a common word?

participant is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.