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prizewinner

prize·win·ner
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [prahyz-win-er]
    • /ˈpraɪzˌwɪn ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [prahyz-win-er]
    • /ˈpraɪzˌwɪn ər/

Definitions of prizewinner word

  • noun prizewinner a person or thing that wins a prize or is deserving of a prize. 1
  • noun prizewinner recipient of an award 1
  • noun prizewinner a person, animal, or thing that wins a prize 0
  • noun prizewinner the winner of a prize 0

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Origin of prizewinner

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; prize1 + winner

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Parts of speech for Prizewinner

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

prizewinner popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for prizewinner

adj prizewinner

  • celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.

noun prizewinner

  • defeater — to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis.
  • firsts — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
  • medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
  • first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
  • winner — a person or thing that wins; victor.

adjective prizewinner

  • arrived — to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.

Antonyms for prizewinner

adjective prizewinner

  • losing — causing or suffering loss.

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