frontrunner Definition

contender, leader, favorite, trailblazer, forerunner, vanguard, predecessor, pioneer, precursor, favourite, forefront, avant-garde, front-runner, nominee, candidate, challenger, heir apparent, winner, nomination, longshot, newcomer, noncandidate, finalist, rival, successor, underdog, candidacy, kingmaker, incumbent, aspirant, heir presumptive, understudy, backer, shortlist, consolation prize, competitor, topliner, endorsement, victor, runner, wild card, stalwart, comer, shoo, pretender, rans, latecomer, outsider, lieutenant governorship, darling, protege, favorites, running mate, foregone conclusion, tossup, white knight, hopefuls, starter, trendsetter, pacesetter, loser, suitor, powerbroker, jockeying, incumbant, entrant, powerhouse, wunderkind, senatorship, position, savior, laggard, race, inheritor, nominating, neck and neck, figurehead, neophyte, juggernaut, bolter, elder statesman, wins, stronghold, contendress, upsetter, champion, promiser, upstart, cakewalk, primus inter pares, crowd puller, firmament, carpetbagger, reins, hardliner, nod, fray, pecking order, plodder, heavyweights,