Usually means: Second place in a competition.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word runner up:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. runner up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. runner-up: Merriam-Webster
  3. runner-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. runner-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. runner-up, runner-up: Collins English Dictionary
  6. runner-up: Vocabulary.com
  7. Runner-Up, Runner-up, runner-up: Wordnik
  8. runner-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. runner-up, runner up: Wiktionary
  10. runner-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. runner-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. runner-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. runner-up, runner up: Dictionary.com
  14. runner-up: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Runner-up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. runner-up: Rhymezone
  17. runner-up: FreeDictionary.org
  18. runner-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. runner-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Runner up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Runner up)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of runner-up [The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.]

Similar:
second best, runnerup, second in command, second-guesser, prize winner, nonrunner, front-runner, tie-breaker, run-out, second rate, more...

Opposite:
champion, winner, first place

Phrases:
runner up finish, more...

Adjectives:
favourite, standing, prizewinning, prize-winning, w, prize, premium, close order, off time, blue ribbon, winning



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Similar:
second best, runnerup, second in command, second-guesser, prize winner, nonrunner, front-runner, tie-breaker, run-out, second rate, more...

Opposite:
champion, winner, first place

Phrases:
runner up finish, more...

Adjectives:
favourite, standing, prizewinning, prize-winning, w, prize, premium, close order, off time, blue ribbon, winning



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