Usually means: Second place in a competition.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word runner-up:

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  1. runner-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. runner-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. runner-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. runner-up, runner-up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. runner-up: Vocabulary.com
  6. Runner-Up, Runner-up, runner-up: Wordnik
  7. runner-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. runner-up: Wiktionary
  9. runner-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. runner-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. runner-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. runner-up: Dictionary.com
  13. runner-up: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Runner-up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. runner-up: Rhymezone
  16. runner-up: FreeDictionary.org
  17. runner-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. runner-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.
▸ noun:  Second favourite.

Similar:
second best, vice-champion, nonwinner, second-stringer, semi-finalist, second-teamer, semifinalist, seconder, top-notcher, semi finalist, more...

Opposite:
champion, winner, first place

Phrases:
runner-up finish, more...



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Similar:
second best, vice-champion, nonwinner, second-stringer, semi-finalist, second-teamer, semifinalist, seconder, top-notcher, semi finalist, more...

Opposite:
champion, winner, first place

Phrases:
runner-up finish, more...



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