entrants
Definitions
People or groups that enter, join, or participate in a competition, organization, or event.
Individuals who have recently arrived in a place or joined a particular field or profession.
Examples
The competition committee received over five hundred applications from eager entrants.
All race entrants must check in at the registration desk before the starting gun fires.
The judges were impressed by the high level of skill displayed by the new entrants this year.
Synonyms
participants contestants candidates applicants competitors newcomers arrivals