Front Runner

Word FRONT RUNNER
Character 12
Hyphenation front-runner
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Definitions and meanings of "Front Runner"

What do we mean by front runner?

One that is in a leading position in a race or other competition. noun

A competitor who performs best when in the lead. noun

A competitor thought to be most likely to win. noun

Alternative spelling of front runner. noun

A competitor thought likely to win noun

Any of the most likely winners in a contest, election, etc.

One who engages in front running.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Front Runner

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The word "front-runner" in example sentences

For days, Mr. Monti, 68, a well-respected economist with close ties to European Union officials, has been identified as the front-runner. ❋ By RACHEL DONADIO (2011)

It was 22-year-old rocker James Durbin of Santa Cruz., Calif., who was dubbed a front-runner though. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In New Hampshire, Mitt Romney's campaign has the look and feel of a front-runner, which is important because his single biggest advantage in this race is his ability to convey the sense that he and his operation have the best chance to beat President Obama. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Rick Perry, the Texas governor struggling to make an impression in South Carolina, has called the front-runner a "vulture capitalist". ❋ Alex Spillius (2012)

Romney hasn't even gotten to be called the front-runner very often without some diminishing adjective "putative," "apparent," "seeming" thrown in. ❋ E.J. Dionne Jr. (2011)

Gingrich's ad then compares Romney to them and calls the front-runner a "Massachusetts moderate who runs away from Ronald Reagan." ❋ Unknown (2012)

PORTLAND, Maine - A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack, calling the front-runner "desperate" while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Romney is generally described as the front-runner and has been from the start. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It was a huge blow: It cast doubt on our organization and spawned a wave of newspaper columns arguing that Hart had replaced me as the Democratic front-runner. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

From that day on, we stopped assuming that I was the front-runner and realized that, in effect, we were set up to lose. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

I went into the 1984 presidential race as front-runner for the party nomination but wound up battling Jesse Jackson and Gary Hart in a contest that forced Democrats to define what they stood for in the 1980s. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

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What does front runner mean?

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