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titleholder

[tahyt-l-hohl-der] / ˈtaɪt lˌhoʊl dər /
NOUN
champion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
challenger champ defender hero medalist number one winner
STRONG
advocate ally backer conqueror endorser exponent expounder guardian heroine nonpareil paladin partisan patron proponent protector supporter sympathizer upholder vanquisher victor vindicator warrior
WEAK
numero uno the greatest top dog
Antonyms
STRONG
antagonist enemy loser opponent opposition
NOUN
holder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
buyer landowner partner purchaser
STRONG
governor heir heiress heritor keeper legatee master possessor proprietor sharer squire
WEAK
heir-apparent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
seller
NOUN
owner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
holder landowner partner proprietor
STRONG
governor heir heiress heritor keeper legatee possessor purchaser sharer squire
WEAK
heir-apparent something buyer
Antonyms
WEAK
leaser renter
NOUN
proprietor
Synonyms
STRONG
freeholder holder owner possessor proprietary
WEAK
front office land owner meal ticket
Antonyms
WEAK
customer
NOUN
victor
Synonyms
STRONG
champ champion conqueror first hero king medalist queen subjugator top vanquisher winner
WEAK
conquering hero defeater gold medalist greatest prizewinner top dog
Antonyms
STRONG
loser
NOUN
winner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
champ champion first hero medalist number one
STRONG
conqueror vanquisher victor
WEAK
conquering hero medalwinner prizewinner top dog
Antonyms
STRONG
loser
WEAK
failure

Example Sentences

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The goal of the Land Bank Authority was to create a single titleholder that would be able to package up and create large development, facilitate large development projects.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

The 2018 titleholder, Catriona Gray, urged her 13.8 million Instagram followers to help a charity bring safe drinking water to thousands left homeless by back-to-back super typhoons in the Philippines.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Rose appeared to blame Voigt for the issues, writing in her statement that “the suggestions of a lack of communication and support for the prior titleholder are likewise false.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

With the ruling, the Nuchatlaht Nation of just 160 people has become the second-largest aboriginal titleholder in B.C.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Twice champion of the USSR, he’d won the 1958 Portorož Interzonal, becoming a front runner to play the incumbent titleholder, Mikhail Botvinnik, for the World Championship in 1960.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.