Thesaurus / also-ran
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synonyms for also-ran
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to also-ran, such as: loser, failure, nonstarter, defeated player, unsuccessful candidate, and unsuccessful person.
How to use also-ran in a sentence
Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMNearly half the regiment ran to secure their picketed horses, armed themselves in hot haste, and galloped to the gaol.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYSome of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYThey ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTHe was holding his big head high in the air, like a giraffe, and gazing proudly about him as he ran.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLThis road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNJuan de Messa lost his head, and ran down stairs, thinking that his safety lay there.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSAs soon as he was in it Squinty ran over to the trough, hoping there would be some sour milk in it.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMWas she merely an egoist—it ran in the family—or did it conceal much that she had no intention of revealing?
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThere were only seventeen stations on the whole line, over which the first passenger train ran on Sept. 17.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLWORDS RELATED TO ALSO-RAN
- also-ran
- hundred-to-one shot
- improbability
- little chance
- little opportunity
- long shot
- outside chance
- outside shot
- poor bet
- poor lookout
- poor possibility
- poor prognosis
- poor prospect
- sleeper
- slim chance
- small chance
- stalking horse
- underdog
- unexpected winner
- unknown
- unknown quantity
- unlikelihood
- unlikely winner
- upsetter
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.