record-breaker

noun

Someone or something that exceeds the highest previously achieved recorded level in an activity or category.

Meanings

nounrecord-breaker (plural record-breakers)

plural record-breakers

  1. Someone or something that exceeds the highest previously achieved recorded level in an activity or category.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who breaks a record

Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

record-breaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/record-breaker

MLA

“record-breaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/record-breaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “record-breaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/record-breaker.

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