winner

Definition

  • noun: someone or something that wins a contest, prize, etc.
  • noun: one that wins
  • often used in combination
  • synonyms: conqueror

Examples

  • Neither golfer has been in the 'winner's circle' [=neither golfer has won] for several years.

  • You are the grand prize 'winner'! [=the person who has won the grand prize]

  • With seconds left on the clock, she scored the 'winner'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) $ million buy-in. A further buy-in of million can be made by electronic transfer. The money will remain in escrow until I return... ...and the winner of the contest enters his or her password... ...into the encryptor... ...whereupon the entire sum will be wired... ...to any bank account (..)
    2006 Casino Royale
  • (..) Which would explain how he could set up a high-stakes poker game... ...at Casino Royale in Montenegro. Ten players, $ million buy-in, million re-buy. Winner takes all. Potentially million. Good. Then we'll know where he'll be. Do you want a clean kill or to send a message? (..)
    2006 Casino Royale