Synonyms of the word

champ

• n. shortened form of champion.
• n. (informal) buddy, sport, mate (as a term of address).
• n. (Ireland) a meal of mashed potatoes and scallions.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
• n. (informal) champagne.
• n. (architecture) the field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

challenger

• n. One who challenges.

champion

• n. Someone who has been a winner in a contest.
• n. Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
• n. Someone who fights for a cause or status.
• n. Someone who fights on another's behalf.
• adj. (attributive) Acting as a champion; that has defeated all one's competitors.
• adj. (attributive) Excellent; beyond compare.
• adj. (predicative, Ireland, Britain, dialect) Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
• v. (usually of a cause) To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for.

chew

• v. To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break…
• v. To grind, tear, or otherwise degrade or demolish something with teeth or as with teeth.
• v. (informal) To think about something; to ponder; to chew over.
• n. The act of chewing; mastication with the mouth.
• n. A small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.
• n. (informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
• n. (countable or uncountable) A plug or wad of chewing tobacco; chaw or a chaw.

chomp

• n. The act of chomping (see below).
• v. (intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
• v. (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or,…

competition

• n. (uncountable) The action of competing.
• n. (countable) A contest for a prize or award.
• n. (uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.

competitor

• n. A person or organization against whom one is competing.
• n. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.

contender

• n. Someone who competes with one or more other people.
• n. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.

jaw

• n. One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
• n. The part of the face below the mouth.
• n. (figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth…
• n. A notch or opening.
• n. A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
• n. One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing…
• n. (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
• n. (slang, dated) Impudent or abusive talk.
• n. (slang) Axle guard.
• n. (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
• v. (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
• v. (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
• v. (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
• adj. (used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump).

manducate

• v. (literary) to chew; to masticate.
• v. (literary) to eat.

masticate

• v. (transitive) To chew (food).
• v. (transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.

rival

• n. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same…
• n. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
• n. (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
• adj. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
• v. (transitive) To oppose or compete with.
• v. To be equal to or to surpass another.
• v. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.