Synonyms for champion
ˈtʃæm pi əncham·pi·on

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1. championnoun

   Synonyms:
   hero, warrior, combatant, vindicator, challenger, defender, protector

   Antonyms:
   renegade, deserter, poltroon, miscreant, traitor, coward, adversary, opponent

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1. champion, champ, title-holdernoun

   someone who has won first place in a competition

   Synonyms:
   virtuoso, star, hotshot, supporter, admirer, superstar, whiz, mavin, friend, hero, ace, sensation, title-holder, booster, maven, wiz, genius, paladin, adept, wizard, fighter, champ, protagonist, whizz

   Antonyms:
   worst

2. champion, fighter, hero, paladinnoun

   someone who fights for a cause

   Synonyms:
   belligerent, scrapper, zep, whiz, battler, maven, attack aircraft, protagonist, ace, paladin, whizz, friend, fighter aircraft, torpedo, booster, sub, hotshot, wiz, grinder, mavin, sensation, genius, star, submarine sandwich, title-holder, hero, submarine, virtuoso, fighter, wizard, supporter, combatant, bomber, hoagy, adept, wedge, superstar, champ, hero sandwich, admirer, hoagie, poor boy

   Antonyms:
   worst

3. supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friendnoun

   a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

   "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

   Synonyms:
   booster shot, promoter, wiz, whiz, acquaintance, plugger, recall dose, booster station, takeoff booster, maven, adorer, protagonist, booster unit, paladin, athletic supporter, jock, whizz, friend, ally, takeoff rocket, booster, shoplifter, relay link, assistant, hotshot, hero, sensation, lifter, mavin, suspensor, ace, genius, star, relay transmitter, title-holder, agonist, help, virtuoso, fighter, wizard, helper, supporter, booster dose, jockstrap, adept, relay station, superstar, champ, booster rocket, admirer, booster amplifier, garter, sponsor, patron

   Antonyms:
   worst

4. ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wizadjective

   someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

   Synonyms:
   esthesis, wiz, whiz, brain, one, sense, asterisk, maven, protagonist, ace, paladin, angiotensin-converting enzyme, unity, whizz, friend, headliner, thaumaturgist, principal, sensory faculty, necromancer, thaumaturge, booster, lead, sense experience, hotshot, brilliance, hero, star topology, wizardry, mavin, brainiac, single, sensation, genius, star, title-holder, angiotensin converting enzyme, sense datum, flair, virtuoso, fighter, wizard, magician, supporter, sorcerer, aesthesis, sense impression, adept, sentience, superstar, champ, mastermind, admirer, sentiency

   Antonyms:
   worst

5. champion, prizewinningverb

   holding first place in a contest

   "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"

   Synonyms:
   prizewinning

   Antonyms:
   worst

6. champion, defendverb

   protect or fight for as a champion

   Synonyms:
   represent, oppose, maintain, defend, fight, fight back, support, guard, fend for, hold, fight down

   Antonyms:
   worst

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1. championnoun

   Synonyms:
   combatant (in behalf of others), fighter, warrior

2. championnoun

   Synonyms:
   defender, protector, vindicator

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1. championnoun

   Synonyms:
   defender, vindicator, protector, paladin, winner, hero, conqueror

2. championverb

   Synonyms:
   defend, maintain, advocate, vindicate

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1. List of paraphrases for "champion":

   champ, champions, championing, championship, chiefie, defender, hotshot, hero, buckaroo, slugger, advocate, defend, ace, supporter, three-time, campaigner, winner, ringer

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1. Daiya Seto:

   I will have a crucial race of this championship tonight, i have to do my best to fight for the medals and to confirm my title as world champion in this distance.

2. Richard Raeburn:

   If the CNAVs are abolished then what we will see is greater concentration of cash with national champion banks and that is not a good thing for systemic risk or for practical operation of liquidity management for companies.

3. Krystal Ball:

   It's pretty simple the role that he fills : He is the return of the Democratic Party to really being the champion of the people. Not Wall Street, not Silicon Valley, not any corporate interest -- but really fighting for working people in every community.

4. Plato:

   The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs when he first appears he is a protector.

5. Ronan Farrow:

   This is an individual who was a very public champion of women's rights, who in fact introduced anti-choking legislation, and he was, according to multiple women in this story, choking them, among other things.