Synonyms of the word

participant

• n. One who participates.
• adj. Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

associate

• adj. Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
• adj. Having partial status or privileges.
• adj. Following or accompanying; concomitant.
• adj. (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
• n. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
• n. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
• n. A companion; a comrade.
• n. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
• n. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
• v. (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
• v. (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
• v. (transitive) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
• v. (transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
• v. (transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
• v. (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
• v. (mathematics) To be associative.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To accompany; to be in the company of.

contestant

• n. A participant in a contest.

player

• n. One that plays.
• n. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
• n. A significant participant.
• n. (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.