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participant

  • /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/ UK
  • /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/ US
  • /pəɹˈtɪsəpənt/ US

Where it comes from

From stem of particip(ate) + -ant, borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”).

noun participants

  1. One who participates. Near-synonyms: entrant, partaker

    Similar: participator, entrant, partaker

  2. A human subject in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial a research participant

    Similar: participator, entrant, partaker

adjective

  1. not comparable Sharing; participating; having a share of part. Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: player, participation, participatory, participate, involvement, contributory, attendance, attending, respondent, attended, attendee, accomplice, intervenor, intervener, intervening, meeting

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noun one who participates

Españolparticipante, partícipe
한국어참가자 chamgaja
日本語参加者 sankasha, 関与者 kan'yosha
中文參加者 /参加者 cānjiāzhě, 參與者 /参与者 cānyùzhě
हिन्दीभागी bhāgī, भागिनी bhāginī
Portuguêsparticipante
Françaisparticipant, participante
DeutschTeilnehmer, Teilnehmerin
Italianopartecipante, che partecipa
Ελληνικάσυμμέτοχος symmétochos, μετέχων metéchon
Românăparticipant, participantă
Русскийуча́стник učástnik, уча́стница učástnica
Tiếng Việtngười tham gia
العربيةمُشَارِك mušārik, مُشَارِكَة mušārika
עבריתמִשׁתַתֵף mishtatéf

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@misc{participant_2026,
  title = {participant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/participant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}