champion
Meaning of champion
noun
- a person who has surpassed all rivals in a sporting contest or other competition.
a champion hurdler
- a person who vigorously supports or defends a person or cause.
he became the determined champion of a free press
- vigorously support or defend the cause of.
he championed the rights of the working class and the poor
- excellent.
‘Thank ye, lad,’ the farmer said. ‘That's champion.’
Middle English (denoting a fighting man): from Old French, from medieval Latin campio(n- ) ‘fighter’, from Latin campus (see camp1).
Information about champion
- The plural form of champion is: champions.
- Languages in which champion is used:
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Hyphenation of champion
cham-pion
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- champion is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
champion synonyms
Meaning prizewinning:
Meaning champ:
Meaning fighter:
Meaning supporter:
supporter, protagonist, admirer, booster, friend
Meaning ace:
ace, adept, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
Meaning defend:
Meaning a person or thing that wins something:
Meaning a winner of a prize:
Meaning a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other competition:
Meaning a person who conquers a place or people; a vanquisher:
Meaning the person who is the current champion in a particular contest or sport; the title-holder:
Meaning a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy:
Meaning a person who advocates a theory, proposal, or course of action:
Meaning a supporter of a cause or aim:
Meaning a person who carries a ceremonial torch:
Meaning a person who defends someone or something:
Meaning a person or thing that protects someone or something:
Meaning a person, institution, or country that supports someone or something, especially financially:
Meaning a person who supports an idea or theory and tries to persuade people of its truth or benefits:
Meaning a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause:
Meaning a person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising:
Meaning a vigorous and pioneering advocate or supporter of a particular policy, idea, or cause:
Meaning a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching:
Meaning a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country:
Meaning support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of:
Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:
Meaning confirm or support (something which has been questioned):
Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
Meaning give financial, material, or moral support to:
Meaning adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life):
Meaning put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others:
Meaning formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion:
Meaning block or fill in (a hole or cavity):
champion antonyms
Meaning someone who competes with or opposes another in a contest, game, or argument:
Meaning a person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something:
Meaning disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument:
Meaning indicate the faults of (someone or something) in a disapproving way:
Translation of champion
- Italian: campione, sostenere, caldeggiare
- German: Gewinner, Sieger, Meister
- Spanish: campeón, campeona, defender, abanderar
- Portuguese: campeão
- French: champion, soutenir, défendre
Anagrams of champion
Words that rhyme with champion
pion, Serapion, papion, usucapion, Idiosepion, sepion, multipion, encolpion, enkolpion, Campion, Tompion, archchampion, campion, cochampion, lampion, nonchampion, pompion, pumpion, rampion, tampion, tompion, Cornopion, Entropion, Oenopion, Propion, bupropion, cheilectropion, chilectropion, diethylpropion, ectropion, entropion, metopion, Scorpion, morpion, pseudoscorpion, scorpion, whipscorpion, doupion, dupion, eupion
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