Meanings
plural participants
- One who participates.
Near-synonyms: entrant, partaker
1 more example
All participants must adhere to the rules of the competition.
Synonyms: participator, entrant, partaker
- medicineA human subject in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial
a research participant
1 more example
In this study, participants were randomly assigned to either a control arm or a treatment arm.
Synonyms: participator, entrant, partaker
- not comparableSharing; participating; having a share of part.
Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;
1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who participates.
nounA human subject in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial
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Origin
- Latinparticipāns
- Middle Frenchparticipant
- Englishparticipant
From stem of particip(ate) + -ant, borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”).
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Arabic مُشَارِك, مُشَارِكَة
- مُشَارِك (mušārik)one who participates
- مُشَارِكَة (mušārika)one who participates
Bulgarian уча́стник, уча́стничка
- уча́стник (učástnik)one who participates
- уча́стничка (učástnička)one who participates
- уча́стница (učástnica)one who participates
Catalan participant
- participantone who participates
Chinese Mandarin 參加者 /参加者, 參與者 /参与者
- 參加者 /参加者 (cānjiāzhě)one who participates
- 參與者 /参与者 (cānyùzhě)one who participates
Czech účastník, účastnice
- účastníkone who participates
- účastniceone who participates
Danish deltager
- deltagerone who participates
Dutch deelnemer, participant
- deelnemerone who participates
- participantone who participates
Esperanto partoprenanto
- partoprenantoone who participates
Estonian osaleja, osavõtja
- osalejaone who participates
- osavõtjaone who participates
Finnish osanottaja, osallistuja
- osanottajaone who participates
- osallistujaone who participates
French participant, participante
- participantone who participates
- participanteone who participates
German Teilnehmer, Teilnehmerin
- Teilnehmerone who participates
- Teilnehmerinone who participates
Greek συμμέτοχος, μετέχων
- συμμέτοχος (symmétochos)one who participates
- μετέχων (metéchon)one who participates
Hebrew מִשׁתַתֵף
- מִשׁתַתֵף (mishtatéf)one who participates
Hindi भागी, भागिनी
- भागी (bhāgī)one who participates
- भागिनी (bhāginī)one who participates
Hungarian résztvevő
- résztvevőone who participates
Icelandic þátttakandi
- þátttakandione who participates
Indonesian peserta, partisipan
- pesertaone who participates
- partisipanone who participates
Irish rannpháirtí
- rannpháirtíone who participates
Italian partecipante, che partecipa
- partecipanteone who participates
- che partecipaone who participates
Japanese 参加者, 関与者
- 参加者 (sankasha)one who participates
- 関与者 (kan'yosha)one who participates
Korean 참가자
- 참가자 (chamgaja)one who participates
Latin particeps
- particepsone who participates
Latvian dalībnieks, dalībniece
- dalībnieksone who participates
- dalībnieceone who participates
Lithuanian dalyvis, dalyvė
- dalyvisone who participates
- dalyvėone who participates
Malay peserta
- pesertaone who participates
Māori kaiuru
- kaiuruone who participates
Norwegian Bokmål deltaker, deltager
- deltakerone who participates
- deltagerone who participates
Polish uczestnik, uczestniczka
- uczestnikone who participates
- uczestniczkaone who participates
Portuguese participante
- participanteone who participates
Romanian participant, participantă
- participantone who participates
- participantăone who participates
Russian уча́стник, уча́стница
- уча́стник (učástnik)one who participates
- уча́стница (učástnica)one who participates
Slovak účastník, účastníčka
- účastníkone who participates
- účastníčkaone who participates
Spanish participante, partícipe
- participanteone who participates
- partícipeone who participates
Swedish deltagare
- deltagareone who participates
Tamil பங்கேற்பாளர்
- பங்கேற்பாளர் (paṅkēṟpāḷar)one who participates
Thai ผู้เข้าร่วม
- ผู้เข้าร่วม (pûu-kâo-rûuam)one who participates
Turkish katılımcı, iştirakçı
- katılımcıone who participates
- iştirakçıone who participates
- müşterekçione who participates
Ukrainian уча́сник, уча́сниця
- уча́сник (učásnyk)one who participates
- уча́сниця (učásnycja)one who participates
Urdu شَرِیک
- شَرِیک (śarīk)one who participates
Vietnamese người tham gia
- người tham giaone who participates
Welsh cyfrannog, cyfrannwr
- cyfrannogone who participates
- cyfrannwrone who participates
Cite this entry
participant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/participant
“participant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/participant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “participant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/participant.
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