semifinalist

English Thesaurus

1. one of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination (noun.person)

hypernym	:	challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival,
definition	:	the contestant you hope to defeat (noun.person)

derivation	:	semi, semifinal,
definition	:	one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament (noun.event)

derivation	:	semi, semifinal,
definition	:	one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament (noun.event)