1) Champ, almost 2) Contestant finishing second 3) Contestant in second place 4) Good loser 5) Pacer that places 6) Person finishing second 7) Place placer 8) Second 9) Second best 10) Second place finisher, often 11) Second-best 12) Second-place finisher 13) Second-placed competitor 14) She almost won
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A runner-up is a participant who finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, especially sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the second-place finisher being designated `first runner-up`, the third-place finisher .....
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[Noun] Plural form: runners-up. A person or team that comes second in a race or competition.
Example: At school I was the runner-up in the egg and spoon race.
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[
n] - the competitor who finishes second
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second best noun the competitor who finishes second
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the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament. · the competitors who do not win a contest but who place ahead of the majority of the contestants and share in prizes or honors, as those who place second, third, and fourth, or in the top ten.
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