participants
People taking part
Participants are people who take part in something—an event, activity, study, or discussion.
The word emphasizes active involvement rather than mere presence: All participants must sign a waiver.
Research studies recruit participants; meetings have participants rather than just attendees.
The singular participant works as noun or adjective: a participant observer.
Gathered viewers collectively
- viewersPeople who watch
- observersThose who watch events
- onlookersPeople observing an event
- witnessesThose who observe events
bystanders · gallery · crowd · fans · supporters · followers · enthusiasts · patrons
Those officially signed up
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- inviteesThose formally asked
- enrolleesThose officially signed up
- guestsPeople received hospitably
members · entrants · sign-ups · subscribers · recruits · newcomers · inductees · affiliates
Those who give help
- partnersJoint venture participants
- teammatesFellow squad members
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
- membersPeople in an organization
volunteers · cooperators · co-authors · coinvestigators · working group · task force · committee members · project team
Those who answer queries
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- enrolleesThose officially signed up
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- sampleSubset for study
control group · test group · interviewees · focus group · case studies · human subjects · data sources · informants
Competition participants
- rivalsThose who compete
- opponentsThose who compete against
- contendersThose seeking to win
- challengersThose who compete against
entrants · finalists · semifinalists · athletes · players · racers · fighters · combatants
audience
Gathered viewers collectively
witnesses · bystanders · gallery · crowd · fans · supporters · followers · enthusiasts · patrons · congregation
registrants
Those officially signed up
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- inviteesThose formally asked
- enrolleesThose officially signed up
guests · members · entrants · sign-ups · subscribers · recruits · newcomers · inductees · affiliates · associates
contributors
Those who give help
- partnersJoint venture participants
- teammatesFellow squad members
- stakeholdersThose with investment in outcome
members · volunteers · cooperators · co-authors · coinvestigators · working group · task force · committee members · project team · focus group
respondents
Those who answer queries
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- enrolleesThose officially signed up
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
sample · control group · test group · interviewees · focus group · case studies · human subjects · data sources · informants
contestants
Competition participants
- rivalsThose who compete
- opponentsThose who compete against
- contendersThose seeking to win
challengers · entrants · finalists · semifinalists · athletes · players · racers · fighters · combatants · underdogs
- attendeesattendees, attendee, guests, guest, audience
- surveyspoll, polls, survey, surveys, questionnaire
- video callsvideo call, video chat, mute, video conferencing, Zoom
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- discussion rolespanelists, speakers, moderators, debaters, respondents
- Research Groupsfocus group, control group, test group, panel, cohort
participantsspectators
Those who observe events
observers · onlookers · bystanders · viewers · watchers
participantsorganizers
Those who coordinate activities
hosts · administrators · coordinators · facilitators · bosses
participantsoutsiders
Those not belonging
dropouts · absentees · abstainers · withdrawers · boycotters
- active participant
- willing participants
- unwitting participantSomeone involved without realizing