champion: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 17 letter points · starts with C · ends with N
Meaning of champion
noun
An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
Example: The defending champion is expected to defeat his challenger.
Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
Example: Barcelona is eligible to play in FIFA Club World Cup as the champion of Europe.
Someone who fights for a cause or status.
Example: Emmeline Pankhurst was a champion of women's suffrage.
Someone who fights on another's behalf.
Example: champion of the poor
Listed forms: champions.
Source: Wiktionary — champion.
adj
- attributive, not-comparable
Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
Example: a champion bodybuilder
- attributive, not-comparable
Excellent; beyond compare.
- Ireland, UK, dialectal, not-comparable, predicative
Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
Example: "That rollercoaster was champion," laughed Vinny.
Source: Wiktionary — champion.
verb
- transitive
To promote, advocate, or act as a champion for (a cause, etc.).
- obsolete, transitive
To challenge.
Listed forms: champions, championing, championed.
Source: Wiktionary — champion.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for champion.
adjective
holding first place in a contest
noun
someone who has won first place in a competition
- champ
- title-holder
noun
someone who fights for a cause
noun
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is champion in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of champion
C(3) + H(4) + A(1) + M(3) + P(3) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 17 points.
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Anagrams of champion
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from champion
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