9 Letter Words for Contender
contender, recontend
8 Letter Words for Contender
centrode, cretonne, reconned
7 Letter Words for Contender
centner, contend, credent, donnert, ecderon, ecteron, encoder, encored, enderon, endnote, enteron, erodent, nectron, tendron, tenoned, tenoner
6 Letter Words for Contender
cedent, cedron, cendre, cenote, center, centon, centro, cerned, cerote, conder, coneen, conned, conner, conred, conter, corned, cornet, coteen, cronet, decent, decern, decnet, decore, dennet, denote, denter, docent, donnee, dronet, dronte, encode, encore, endent, endore, entone, entrec, necton, neednt, neoned, nocent, octene, ordene, recent, recode, recond, redone, renned, rennet, renone, rented, rodent, roncet, tender, tendon, tendre, tenner, tenore, tenrec, teredo, terned, tonner
5 Letter Words for Contender
ceder, cedre, cento, cered, cerne, coden, coder, coned, coner, conne, contd, conte, contr, cored, coted, credo, creed, creen, crete, crone, ctene, decon, decor, denet, deter, donec, donee, donet, donne, doree, doter, drent, drone, ender, enent, enode, enorn, enter, entre, erect, erned, erode, necro, needn, neter, nonce, nonet, noted, noter, oncer, oncet, onned, recon, recto, redon, renet, renne, rente, ronde, ronne, ronte, roted, tecon, teend, tendo, tenne, tenno, tenon, tenor, terce, terne, toned, toner, tonne, tored, treed, treen, trend, trode, tronc, trone
4 Letter Words for Contender
cede, cene, cent, cere, cern, cero, cert, cete, code, coed, cond, cone, conn, cont, cord, core, corn, cort, cote, cred, dcor, deco, deen, deer, deet, dene, dent, dere, dern, dero, detn, doen, doer, done, dont, dore, dorn, dort, dote, dree, ecod, econ, ecto, eden, ende, endo, ened, ento, entr, ered, erne, eten, eton, need, neer, neet, nene, neon, nerd, nete, node, none, nore, norn, note, oder, once, oner, ordn, ored, recd, rect, rede, redo, reed, reen, reet, rend, renn, reno, rent, retd, rete, rode, roed, rond, rone, ront, rotc, rote, teed, teen, teer, tend, tene, tern, tode, toed, tone, tonn, torc, tore, torn, tree, trod, tron
3 Letter Words for Contender
cdr, cee, cen, ceo, cer, cod, con, cor, cot, cro, crt, cte, ctn, cto, ctr, dec, dee, den, der, det, doc, doe, don, dor, dot, eco, ect, edo, eec, een, eer, enc, end, ene, eon, erd, ere, ern, ert, etc, nco, ned, nee, neo, net, nne, nod, non, nor, not, oct, ode, oer, one, ont, orc, ord, ore, ort, otc, rcd, rct, rec, red, ree, rnd, roc, rod, roe, ron, rot, rte, tdr, tec, ted, tee, ten, ter, toc, tod, toe, ton, tor
Definitions for Contender
[1] to struggle in opposition: to contend with the enemy for control of the port.
[2] to strive in rivalry; compete; vie: to contend for first prize.
[3] to strive in debate; dispute earnestly: to contend against falsehood.
[4] to assert or maintain earnestly: He contended that taxes were too high.
[5] (intr often foll by with ) to struggle in rivalry, battle, etc; vie
[6] to argue earnestly; debate
[7] (tr; may take a clause as object) to assert or maintain
Words related to Contender
contendrival, competition, challenger, contestant, adversary, opponent
Words nearby Contender
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Origin of Contender
1400–50; late Middle English contenden < Anglo-French contendre < Latin contendere to compete, strive, draw tight, equivalent to con- con- + tendere to stretch; see tend1
Words that may be confused with Contender
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, contendcontend, contest
Other words from Contender
con·tend·er , noun
con·tend·ing·ly , adverb
non·con·tend·ing , adjective
pre·con·tend , verb (used without object)
re·con·tend , verb (used without object)
un·con·tend·ed , adjective
un·con·tend·ing , adjective
Word origin for Contender
C15: from Latin contendere to strive, from com- with + tendere to stretch, aim
Synonyms for Contender
adversary, challenger, competition, contestant, opponent, rival
