qualifier -
a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier"
contestant a person who participates in competitions
qualifier -
a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
phrase dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
intensifier,
intensive a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"