Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun runner-up_finish

1 sense of runner-up finish

Sense 1
second-place finish, runner-up finish -- (a finish in second place (as in a race))
       => finish -- (designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish")