PLACER Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

placer

noun

Definition of placer

as in champ

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Recent Examples of placer Dayne’s older brother, Dominic, was a two-time state placer at West Aurora — including last season’s runner-up finish as a senior — and is now wrestling in college at Ohio. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026 The left-hander has blown away his previous career highs in innings and strikeouts and is a lock to finish among the top placers in the American League Cy Young Award vote. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Aside from metal prices and some automation, placer mining has changed little over the past 125 years. — Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025 Tennis Micah Ober, Winters Mill, senior The county boys singles division is wide open after the top three placers at last year’s county tournament all graduated, but Ober could be the player to beat. — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for placer

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Noun

Oviedo, a 2025 state champ, opened with a 25-7, 25-12, 25-20 win against Winter Springs.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
But the Buckeyes failed their final two tests, then had to watch as Big Ten champ Indiana was doused in confetti.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of champ

Noun

In the bottom of the sixth inning, New Jersey pitcher/shortstop Mason Rincon homered to center field to win the game for the Metro region champions.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The champions' check is up from the $5 million that Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz won last year, when the total player compensation was $90 million.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of champion

Noun

Courtois had been a league champion in Belgium and Spain, as well as a Champions League finalist, by the time Chelsea brought him back from three consecutive loan seasons at Atletico Madrid at that same age in 2014.

— Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Erica Vital-Lazare — poet, writer and former Legacy Awards finalist — will host the evening.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of finalist

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The plot of the original YouTube series began to follow the Skibidi Toilets, a conqueror race armed with futuristic weaponry and an intention to colonize the galaxy.

— Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
One stronghold after another has fallen to the ruthless conqueror Nobunaga Oda—often celebrated as the first great unifier of Japan but here cast as a largely offscreen mega-villain.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026