prize winner
Successful competition entrant
A prize winner is someone or something that has won a prize—an award given for achievement, merit, or luck.
The term appears both as two words and hyphenated: a Nobel prize winner, a prize-winning novel.
It can describe contest victors, lottery recipients, or honorees in any competitive field: The prize winners were announced at the ceremony.
- laureateCelebrated achievement recipient
- medalistCompetition award recipient
- awardHonor given for merit
- honoreeOne being celebrated
- recipientOne who receives something
victor · dux · champion · grand champion · achievement · valedictorian · accolade · crowned · trophy · success · titleholder · ovation · finalist · lottery · triumph · gold · blue ribbon · applause
- winnerschampion, champions, victors, victor, conqueror
- awardsaward, awards, prizes, trophy, trophies
- honoreeshonoree, honorees, awardee, awardees, laureate
- Nobel PrizeAlfred Nobel, Nobel Committee, laureate, Stockholm, Oslo
- online scamsphishing, scam, email scam, advance fee scam, Nigerian prince scam
- recipientsrecipient, beneficiary, payee, grantee, addressee
prize winnerloser
Defeated competitor
runner-up · also-ran · washout · bronze medalist · honorable mention
prize winnerfailure
Lack of success
underperformer · disgrace · laughingstock · nobody · mediocrity