Synonyms of the word

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.

ace

• n. (card games, dice games) A single point or spot on a playing card or die.
• n. (card games, dice games) A card or die face so marked.
• n. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
• n. (tennis) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
• n. (sports) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
• n. (US) (baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
• n. (US) (baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.
• n. (US) (golf) A hole in one.
• n. An expert at something.
• n. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
• n. (US) A perfect score on a school exam.
• v. (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
• v. (tennis) To win a point by an ace.
• v. (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
• adj. (Britain, slang) Excellent.
• adj. (slang) Asexual. (not experiencing sexual attraction).
• n. (slang) A person who is asexual.

adept

• adj. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.
• n. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient.

admirer

• n. One who admires.

advocate

• n. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
• n. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
• n. A person who speaks in support of something.
• n. A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
• v. (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support,…
• v. (transitive) To encourage support for something.
• v. (intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.

advocator

• n. One who advocates.

back

• adj. (not comparable) Near the rear.
• adj. (not comparable) Not current.
• adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area.
• adj. In arrear; overdue.
• adj. Moving or operating backward.
• adj. (comparable, phonetics) Produced in the back of the mouth.
• adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
• adv. Away from the front or from an edge.
• adv. In a manner that impedes.
• adv. In a reciprocal manner.
• n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest…
• n. That which is farthest away from the front.
• n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
• n. A support or resource in reserve.
• n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
• n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
• n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
• n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
• v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
• v. (transitive) To support.
• v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise…
• v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to…
• v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
• v. (Britain, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
• v. (transitive) To push or force backwards.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.
• v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
• v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
• v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
• v. (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend…
• v. To row backward with (oars).
• n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers,…
• n. A ferryboat.

best

• adj. superlative form of good: most good.
• adj. Most; largest.
• adv. superlative form of well: most well.
• adv. To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.
• n. (uncountable) The supreme effort one can make, or has made.
• n. (uncountable) One's best behavior.
• n. (countable) The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.
• v. To surpass in skill or achievement.
• v. (transitive) To beat in a contest;.

booster

• n. Something that boosts.
• n. The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight.
• n. A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
• n. Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
• n. Someone who promotes a town or business.
• n. A member of a booster club.
• n. A booster dose.
• n. (linguistics) A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
• n. (video games) A power-up item.

challenger

• n. One who challenges.

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.

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.

defend

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
• v. (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
• v. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
• v. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
• v. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing…
• v. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did…
• v. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.

defender

• n. Someone who defends people or property.
• n. (law) A lawyer who represents defendants.
• n. (Scotland, law) A defendant in a civil action.
• n. A fighter who repels an attack.
• n. (sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring.

endorse

• v. To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
• v. To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it…
• v. To give an endorsement.
• n. (heraldry) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.

expert

• adj. Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.
• adj. Characteristic of an expert.
• n. A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
• n. (chess) A player ranking just below master.

exponent

• n. One who expounds, represents or advocates.
• n. (linguistics) A manifestation of a morphosyntactic property.

fighter

• n. A person who fights; a combatant.
• n. A warrior; fighting soldier.
• n. A pugnacious, competitive person.
• n. (eulogistic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially…
• n. A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is that of shooting down other aircraft. Some of…
• n. A boxer or participant in any martial art.
• n. (colloquial) A firefighter.
• n. (video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.

friend

• n. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels…
• n. A boyfriend or girlfriend.
• n. An associate who provides assistance.
• n. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted.
• n. A person who backs or supports something.
• n. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
• n. (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone.
• n. (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected…
• n. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
• n. (obsolete) A paramour of either sex.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
• v. (transitive) To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate…

genius

• n. (eulogistic) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated…
• n. Extraordinary mental capacity.
• n. Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
• n. (Roman mythology) The guardian spirit of a place or person.
• n. A way of thinking, optimizing one's capacity for learning and understanding.
• adj. (informal) ingenious, very clever, or original.

guardian

• n. Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
• n. (law) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
• n. (law) A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
• n. A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
• n. (video games) A major or final enemy; boss.

hero

• n. Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary deeds.
• n. A role model.
• n. The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
• n. (poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare:…
• n. (US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
• n. (food styling, chiefly attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.

hotshot

• adj. Highly skilled.
• adj. Displaying talent.
• n. Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field.
• n. a type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools…

indorse

• v. (Britain, India, rare) Alternative form of endorse.

maven

• n. (chiefly US) An expert in a given field.

mavin

• n. Alternative form of maven.

paladin

• n. A heroic champion (especially a knightly one).
• n. A defender or advocate of a noble cause. (A defender of faith).
• n. Any of the twelve Companions of the court of Emperor Charlemagne.

prizewinning

• adj. Having won at least one prize.

proponent

• n. One who supports something; an advocate.
• adj. Making proposals; proposing.

protagonist

• n. The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
• n. A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
• n. An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.

protector

• n. Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
• n. A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
• n. One who prevents interference.
• n. A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international…
• n. (Britain, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
• n. (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after…

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.

sensation

• n. A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
• n. A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.

shielder

• n. Agent noun of shield: one who shields.

star

• n. Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location…
• n. (astronomy) A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium) and having…
• n. (geometry) A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or…
• n. (acting) An actor in a leading role.
• n. An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
• n. (printing) An asterisk (*).
• n. A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
• n. A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in…
• n. (astrology) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny.
• n. A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour.
• n. A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in…
• v. (intransitive) To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.
• v. (transitive) To feature a performer or a headliner, especially in a movie or an entertainment program.
• v. (transitive) To mark with a star or asterisk.
• v. (transitive) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.

superstar

• n. Someone who has accumulated a vast amount of fame; a high-level celebrity.

support

• n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
• n. Financial or other help.
• n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
• n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
• n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
• n. Evidence.
• n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
• n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
• v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
• v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
• v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
• v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
• v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
• v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
• v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
• v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
• v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
• v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

supporter

• n. A person who gives support to someone or something.
• n. Something that supports another thing.

virtuoso

• n. A person (especially a musician) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style.
• n. A person who is knowledgeable about art objects and curios.
• adj. Exhibiting the ability of a virtuoso.

whiz

• v. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
• v. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
• v. To throw or spin rapidly.
• v. (vulgar, slang) To urinate.
• n. A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
• n. (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
• n. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination; a wiz.
• n. (Britain, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
• prep. (slang) Eye dialect spelling of with.

whizz

• n. Alternative spelling of whiz.
• v. Alternative spelling of whiz.

wiz

• n. a person who is exceptionally gifted or skilled in a particular area.
• n. (Internet, informal) A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
• n. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
• prep. (slang, especially represents slurred or drunken speech) Eye dialect spelling of with.

wizard

• n. A man who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
• n. One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
• n. (computing) A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced…
• n. (Internet) One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
• n. (obsolete) A wiseman; a sage.
• adj. (slang, dated, Britain) Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).
• v. (intransitive) To practice wizardry.
• v. (transitive) To conjure.