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How to pronounce champion in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms champ, title-holder
Type of challenger, competition, rival, contender, competitor
Has types record-breaker, record-holder
Type Words
Synonyms prizewinning


a champion show dog.
Type Words
Synonyms ace, adept, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
Type of expert
Has types track star
Type Words
Synonyms admirer, booster, friend, protagonist, supporter
Type of advocator, proponent, exponent, advocate
Has types boswell, cheerleader, confederate, sympathizer, anglophil, anglophile, believer, partizan, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, ratifier, roundhead, seconder, shavian, stalwart, subscriber, sustainer, sympathiser, toaster, truster, upholder, verifier, voucher, wassailer, well-wisher, whig, corporatist, endorser, enthusiast, francophil, francophile, free trader, functionalist, graecophile, indorser, jacobite, loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, new dealer, partisan
Type Words
Synonyms defend
Type of plump for, plunk for, support, indorse, back, endorse
Type Words
Synonyms fighter, hero, paladin
Type of shielder, guardian, protector, defender

Examples of champion

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Duke, the national champion, and Butler, the runner-up, were both at 83 percent.
From the thenewstribune.com
Defending champion Lucas Glover bogeyed his first two holes and ground out a 73.
From the washingtontimes.com
He finished second to champion Jimmie Johnson in last year's championship Chase.
From the sacbee.com
Fifteen teams, including the Super Bowl-champion Packers, were awarded one pick.
From the sacbee.com
Ferry is the defending state champion and Elliott is ranked second in the state.
From the sacbee.com
Now she competes solely for Jefferson, the newly crowned district team champion.
From the thenewstribune.com
Earnhardt is the grandson of the late seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt.
From the usatoday.com
All I know is I got a tough, young hungry champion who's trying to take me down.
From the usatoday.com
Sig Mejdal is the independent league champion, if you will, in our front office.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"
  • Protect or fight for as a champion
  • Someone who has won first place in a competition
  • Someone who fights for a cause
  • Supporter: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
  • Ace: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  • A champion (identical to the French, from the late Latin campio) is the victor in a , contest or competition.
  • Champion (1949) is an American film noir drama based on a short story by Ring Lardner. Filmed in black-and-white, it recounts the struggles of boxer "Midge" Kelly fighting his own demons while working to achieve success in the boxing ring. ...
  • Champion is a 2002 South Korean film, directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, about South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong. Kim was Korea's most popular boxer, who in his rise to international fame faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini in 1982. ...