contender

Converse of object

• beat: Many of these have become Japan's top-grossing features, beating live-action contenders.
• become: String theory has become the leading contender to fulfill Einstein's dream.

Preposition: for

• presidency: Our current vise president and contender for the presidency this year has observed for the record that " a zebra cannot change its spots.
• throne: The Roman Empire has descended into chaos and several contenders for the throne have emerged.
• crown: There are eight contenders for the crown of this year's carnival queen.
• title: Cycle Speedway must be a contender for the title of most intense cycle sport on the planet.
• honor: John Bradshaw and Dave Jeffs ( who trains the Wirral lads ) have got serious contenders for major honors with these lads.
• championship: He was a leading contender for the welterweight championship, but a detached retina forced to retire from the ring in 1933.

Adjective modifier

• credible: The Sugababes are this weeks only credible contenders to knock the Pussycat Dolls from their perch.
• heavyweight: Verdict A true heavyweight contender for the ultimate DVD player accolade.
• serious: Try the coffee too - a serious contender for the best in St Ives.
• Democratic: Even the most left wing of Democratic contenders, Howard Dean, admitted: " there was no middle-class tax cut " .
• leading: String theory has become the leading contender to fulfill Einstein's dream.
• worthy: The proposals have no special priority in the assessment process; there are always several worthy contenders for each place on the program.

Noun used with modifier

• play-off: His Kidderminster play-off contenders instantly showed a keen spirit of adventure with three forward pushed onto Swansea's back line.
• championship: Three of the four championship contenders had to work very hard for their class wins, only James Christie having a relatively easy victory.
• Dem: Related sites Reflecting Britain campaign An challenge issued to the Lib Dem leadership contenders from the party's own equality taskforce.
• leadership: Tory leadership contender Ian Duncan Smith was recently asked who were his heroes.
• medal: I had gone from being a serious medal contender to being totally written off.
• title: Two title contenders both a bit out of form, to be honest anything could happen.