We found 25 dictionaries that define the word also-ran:

General (20 matching dictionaries)

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

19. also-ran: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

20. also-ran: Idioms
21. also-ran: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

22. also-ran: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
23. also-ran: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary ( ) ▸ noun:  A person or animal who competed in a race but did not win. ▸ noun:  (figuratively) A loser; a person or thing soon to be forgotten. Similar: loser, straggler, underdog, outsider, first loser, backmarker, nobbler, bandit, underbidder, rat racer, more... Opposite: winner, champion, victor ▸ Words similar to also-ran ▸ Usage examples for also-ran ▸ Idioms related to also-ran ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing also-ran ▸ Words that often appear near also-ran ▸ Rhymes of also-ran ▸ Invented words related to also-ran