runner-up
nounUK /ˌɹʌn.əˈɹʌp/ · US /ˌɹʌn.ɚˈʌp/
1
The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.
- Remember, if the winner cannot complete the duties, the runner-up will take over.
2
Second favourite.
- For years, Twitter was a runner-up social media company. It never grew to the size and scale of a Facebook or an Instagram. It simply muddled along.2022 July 11, Kate Conger, Mike Isaac, “How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: