Front-runner

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  front-runner \front-runner\ n.
     a competitor thought to be most likely to win.
  
     Syn: favorite, favourite.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  front-runner
       n : a competitor thought likely to win [syn: {favorite}, {favourite}]