ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Winner

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈwɪnə/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Winner is a noun meaning One who has won or often wins.

Meaning

One who has won or often wins.

More Meanings

  1. (sports) A point or goal that wins a competition.

Example Sentences

It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.
Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade Born sinner, the opposite of a winner Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner

Word Forms

Synonyms for winner

Depending on context, synonyms include achiever, success, victor.

Antonyms for winner

Common opposites include loser, failure, nonstarter, also-ran.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include achiever, success, victor, winning, victory, triumph.

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