a person or thing that wins a person or thing that seems sure to win or succeed
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
win•ner
(win′ər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that wins;
victor. - winner take all, a situation or outcome whereby the winner receives all the prizes or rewards.
- 1325–75; Middle English; see win, -er1
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'winner' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abba
- Agassi
- Alpine combined
- America's Cup
- Armstrong
- Barrington
- Bikila
- Cawley
- Chinese checkers
- Comaneci
- Cotton
- Court
- Derby
- Devoy
- Edberg
- Evert
- Faldo
- Federer
- Freeman
- Garrison finish
- Goosen
- Griffith-Joyner
- Hamilton
- Heaney
- Hogan
- Johnson
- King
- Lewis
- Machado
- Merckx
- Munro
- Nastase
- Navratilova
- Newcombe
- Nordic combined
- Norman
- Nurmi
- Ovett
- Palmer
- apparent
- baseball
- bestow
- bingo
- breadwinner
- breed
- buck
- cash
- category
- champion
- checkered flag