Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun world-beater

1 sense of world-beater

Sense 1
king, queen, world-beater -- (a competitor who holds a preeminent position)
       => rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender -- (the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing")