participant

[ pahr-tis-uh-puhnt ]

noun

1. a person or group that participates; partaker.

   Synonyms: participator, colleague, contributor, associate

adjective

1. participating; sharing.

Other Words From

• par·tici·pant·ly adverb
• unpar·tici·pant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of participant¹

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin participant-, stem of participāns “sharing,” present participle of participāre “to share”; participate

Example Sentences

Sharing materials with participants about three days ahead of time tends to be the best.

From TechCrunch

Milagritos Tapia, a Maryland pediatrics professor who helps coordinate the trials, said the arrangement allows researchers to confirm the vaccine is effective for an especially hard-hit community, while sowing seeds of trust though the participants.

From Washington Post

After the trial, 33 percent of participants reported they planned to continue feeding their cats meat-rich diets, and 76 percent reported they’d play more with their cats.

From Science News

Be an active participant in every moment of the creation of your life, please.

From Washington Blade

Pfizer’s 12- to 15-year-old study has enrolled 2,259 participants and Moderna’s adolescent trial is a similar size, aiming for about 3,000 participants.

From ProPublica

The Moscow protest was not sanctioned, which meant every participant risked arrest.

From The Daily Beast

He eventually ended up at as a digital producer for Participant Media.

From The Daily Beast

To earn a spot on the trip, each participant agreed to raise a minimum of $1,000 to fund critical initiatives at Ninos del Sol.

From The Daily Beast

Pretty much every single participant was complicit in the effort to put on a show.

From The Daily Beast

Bell argues that Google is “clearly a reluctant participant in what effectively amounts to censorship.”

From The Daily Beast

I never had to fight again except as an unwilling participant in our foreign warfare.

From Project Gutenberg

Omnes enim unam participant essentiam, ac per hoc, quia omnibus communis est, nullius proprie est.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not intend to cross out this statement about the most striking landmark of Paris, the participant in most of my vistas.

From Project Gutenberg

Sanctification here becomes deification for every participant in the sacrifice.

From Project Gutenberg

Only in the case when the two component elements which do not tend to the same end are evil is the participant better than either.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• colleague
• member
• partner
• party
• player
• shareholder