winner

1. 1.

   the contestant who wins the contest

   Synonymsvictor

   Antonymsloser

   Broadercontestant

   Narrowercontesteemedalistupsetterwalloper
2. 2.

   a gambler who wins a bet

   Antonymsloser

   Broadergambler

   Narrowerprize winner
3. 3.

   a person with a record of successes

   “his son would never be the achiever that his father was”

   “only winners need apply”

   “if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success”

   Synonymsachieversuccesssucceeder

   Broaderperson

   Narrowerfirst ladygreathighfliernaturalsleeper

Other forms of winner

plural

winners·

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 winner

What does winner mean?

winner means "the contestant who wins the contest". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in winner?

winner has 2 syllables: win-ner. The stress falls on "win". In IPA it is /ˈwɪnɚ/.

What is another word for winner?

Close synonyms include victor, achiever, success, succeeder. 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.

What is the opposite of winner?

The recorded antonyms are loser, loser.

Is winner a common word?

winner is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.