- participant - someone who takes part in an activity
--1 is a kind of associate
--1 has particulars:attendant, attender, attendee, meeter; discussant; bride; groom, bridegroom; masquerader, masker, masquer; partaker, sharer; player; retreatant Derived form: verb participate2 - player, participant - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
--2 is a kind of contestant
--2 has particulars: