1.  winner(n = noun.person) victor - the contestant who wins the contest;
is a kind of contestant
has particulars: contestee, medalist, medallist, upsetter, walloper
Antonym: loser
Derived form verb win₁

2.  winner(n = noun.person) - a gambler who wins a bet;
is a kind of gambler
has particulars: lottery winner, prize winner
Antonym: loser
Derived forms verb win₁, verb win₂

3.  winner(n = noun.person) achiever, succeeder, success - a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply"; "if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: first lady, great, highflier, highflyer, natural, sleeper
Derived forms verb win₂, verb win₄

   One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming. [1913 Webster]

winner, n.
1 a person, racehorse, etc. that wins.
2 colloq. a successful or highly promising idea, enterprise, etc. (the new scheme seemed a winner).

N  success, successfulness, speed, advance, trump card, hit, stroke, score, lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke, direct hit, bull's eye, goal, point, touchdown, home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam, killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke, ten strike, coup de maitre, checkmate, half the battle, prize, profit, continued success, good fortune, time well spent, advantage over, upper hand, whip hand, ascendancy, mastery, expugnation, conquest, victory, subdual, subjugation, triumph, proficiency, conqueror, victor, winner, master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill, achiever, success, success story, succeeding, successful, prosperous, triumphant, flushed with success, crowned with success, victorious, on top, set up, in the ascendant, unbeaten (beat), well-spent, felicitous, effective, in full swing, successfully, well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly, a merveille, beyond all hope, to some purpose, to good purpose, to one's heart's content, veni vidi vici, the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant, omne tulit punctum, bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria, cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis, chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune, dies faustus, l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort, omnia vincit amor, love conquers all, peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won, vincit qui patitur, vincit qui se vincit, The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

N  politics, political science, candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering, partisanship, ideology, factionalism, election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, recall, initiative, voice, suffrage, plumper, cumulative vote, plebiscitum, plebiscite, vox populi, electioneering, voting, elective franchise, straight ticket, opinion poll, popularity poll, issue, opinion, stand, position, program, platform, party line, democracy, republicanism, communism, statism, state socialism, socialism, conservatism, toryism, liberalism, whigism, theocracy, constitutional monarchy, party, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party, Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party, Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, National Socialist Worker's Party, Nazi Party, Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party, ticket, slate, politician activist, candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front- runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in, supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker, lobbyist, contributor, party hack, ward heeler, regional candidate, favorite son, running mate, stalking horse, perpetual candidate, political animal, political contribution, campaign contribution, political action committee, PAC, political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick, electorate, constituents, get-out-the-vote campaign, political education, negative campaigning, dirty politics, smear campaign, also-ran, loser, has-been, office holder, official, occupant of a position, public servant, incumbent, winner, political, partisan, Money is the mother's milk of politics.

lottery winner, medal winner, prize winner

1.  circle(n = noun.shape) - ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle"
is a kind of ellipse, oval
has parts: arc
has particulars: circle of curvature, osculating circle, circlet, equator, epicycle
Derived form adjective circular₁

2.  circle(n = noun.group) band, lot, set - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
is a kind of social group
has particulars: car pool, camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, cohort, confederacy, conspiracy, four hundred, horsey set, horsy set, jet set, company, party

3.  circle(n = noun.shape) - something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle"
is a kind of form, shape
Derived form verb circle₃

4.  circle(n = noun.act) circuit, lap - movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
is a kind of locomotion, travel
has particulars: pace lap, lap of honour, victory lap
Derived forms verb circle₁, verb circle₂, adjective circular₂, verb circulate₅

5.  circle(n = noun.artifact) rotary, roundabout, traffic circle - a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
is a kind of junction
is a part of road, route

6.  circle(n = noun.artifact) forget me drug, mexican valium, r-2, roach, roofy, rope, rophy - street names for flunitrazepan;
is a kind of flunitrazepan, rohypnol

7.  circle(n = noun.artifact) dress circle - a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
is a kind of seating, seating area, seating room, seats
is a part of house, theater, theatre

8.  circle(n = noun.artifact) round - any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles"
is a kind of rotating mechanism
has particulars: disc, disk
Derived forms adjective circular₂, verb circulate₅

1.  circle(v = verb.motion) - travel around something; "circle the globe"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun circle₄
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  circle(v = verb.motion) circulate - move in circles;
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun circle₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

3.  circle(v = verb.contact) encircle - form a circle around; "encircle the errors"
is one way to form, shape
Derived form noun circle₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

1.  A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center. [1913 Webster]

2.  The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring. [1913 Webster]

3.  An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle. [1913 Webster]
" When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian circle or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle." [1913 Webster]

4.  A round body; a sphere; an orb. [1913 Webster]
"It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth." [1913 Webster]

5.  Compass; circuit; inclosure. [1913 Webster]
"In the circle of this forest." [1913 Webster]

6.  A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set. [1913 Webster]
"As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened." [1913 Webster]

7.  A circular group of persons; a ring. [1913 Webster]

8.  A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself. [1913 Webster]
"Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain." [1913 Webster]

9.  A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning. [1913 Webster]
"That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again, that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches nothing." [1913 Webster]

10.  Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [1913 Webster]
"Has he given the lie,
In circle, or oblique, or semicircle." [1913 Webster]

11.  A territorial division or district. [1913 Webster]
" The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were those principalities or provinces which had seats in the German Diet." [1913 Webster]

1.  To move around; to revolve around. [1913 Webster]
"Other planets circle other suns." [1913 Webster]

2.  To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle. Prior. Pope. [1913 Webster]
"Their heads are circled with a short turban." [1913 Webster]
"So he lies, circled with evil." [1913 Webster]

   To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate. [1913 Webster]
"Thy name shall circle round the gaping through." [1913 Webster]

circle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a round plane figure whose circumference is everywhere equidistant from its centre. b the line enclosing a circle.
2 a roundish enclosure or structure.
3 a ring.
4 a curved upper tier of seats in a theatre etc. (dress circle).
5 a circular route.
6 Archaeol. a group of (usu. large embedded) stones arranged in a circle.
7 Hockey = striking-circle.
8 persons grouped round a centre of interest.
9 a set or class or restricted group (literary circles; not done in the best circles).
10 a period or cycle (the circle of the year).
11 (in full vicious circle) a an unbroken sequence of reciprocal cause and effect. b an action and reaction that intensify each other (cf. virtuous circle). c the fallacy of proving a proposition from another which depends on the first for its own proof.
--v.
1 intr. (often foll. by round, about) move in a circle.
2 tr. a revolve round. b form a circle round.

Idiom:
circle back move in a wide loop towards the starting-point. come full circle return to the starting-point. go round in circles make no progress despite effort. great (or small) circle a circle on the surface of a sphere whose plane passes (or does not pass) through the sphere's centre. run round in circles colloq. be fussily busy with little result.

Derivative:
circler n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF cercle f. L circulus dimin. of circus ring

N  party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.

N  region, sphere, ground, soil, area, field, realm, hemisphere, quarter, district, beat, orb, circuit, circle, reservation, pale, compartment, department, clearing, (property) &c 780 (Government), 1 arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march, patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court, enclave, reserve, preserve, street, clime, climate, zone, meridian, latitude, biosphere, lithosphere, territorial, local, parochial, provincial, regional.

N  circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.

antarctic circle, arctic circle, back circle, charmed circle, circle around, circle of curvature, circle of willis, circle round, color circle, dip circle, double leg circle, dress circle, equinoctial circle, fairy circle, family circle, full circle, grand circle, great circle, hour circle, in a circle, inner circle, osculating circle, parhelic circle, parquet circle, polar circle, traffic circle, vertical circle, vicious circle, winner's circle