Comer

Noun

 * 1) one in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning
 * 2) fig one who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory
 * 3) One who arrives

Related terms

 * come

Thesaurus
Young Turk, arrival, arriviste, bright young man, entrant, fledgling, immigrant, in-migrant, incomer, intruder, modern, modern generation, modern man, modernist, modernizer, neologism, neologist, neology, neonate, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, new generation, new man, newcomer, nouveau riche, novus homo, parvenu, rising generation, settler, star, stripling, success, upstart, victor, visitant, visitor, winner