Term: runner-up: the competitor who finishes second
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: linen: a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: ilium: the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: quality control: maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: molybdenum: a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: weave: pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: hemangioma: benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: canna: any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: patriarch: any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: badaga: the dialect of Kannada that is spoken by the Badaga
Broader: rival: the contestant you hope to defeat | Unrelated: pad: the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)