champs

Top tournament finishers

Champs is informal for champions—winners of a competition or the best in their field: The champs defended their title, We're the champs!

The word carries celebratory energy, often appearing in sports contexts or playful boasting.

Separately, champs is also a form of the verb champ, meaning to bite or chew noisily: The horse champs at the bit.

champions

winners

Those who prevail

tournament winners · title winners · cup holders · dynasty · crowned · undefeated · MVP

elysees

Paris

France's chief city

Bastille Day · parade · shopping · cafes · luxury · promenade · France · landmark · tourism · Chanel

Categories
Opposites
competitive outcome/ranking

champslosers

Unsuccessful competitors

runners-up · also-rans · defeated · vanquished · cellar dwellers

skill/mastery level

champschumps

Gullible people exploited

amateurs · novices · rookies · beginners · incompetents

achievement/status

champsfailures

Unsuccessful attempts or outcomes

chumps · flops · washouts · has-beens · nobodies

Phrases
Family

champion, champ, championship, champing, champers, champed

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G