Agent
Contender
Contender noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.
Agent and contender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Contender".
Nearby Words: contended, contending
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Warren Craddock, the anti-alien McCarthy-esque American politician, initially looks like a third contender, but is eventually revealed to be a disguised Skrull agent.
Source: Big Bad Ensemble -
The Thunder were still one of the elite teams in the NBA, and a perennial championship contender when Durant and Westbrook were healthy... until Durant left for the Warriors as a free agent after the 201516 season, leaving the Thunder with a very uncertain future as a contender.
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