athlete
English Thesaurus
1. a person trained to compete in sports (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | contestant, |
| definition | : | a person who participates in competitions (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | acrobat, |
| definition | : | an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | amateur, |
| definition | : | an athlete who does not play for pay (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ball hawk, |
| definition | : | a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | climber, |
| definition | : | someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cricketer, |
| definition | : | an athlete who plays cricket (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | gymnast, |
| definition | : | an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hooker, |
| definition | : | (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hurdler, |
| definition | : | an athlete who runs the hurdles (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | jumper, |
| definition | : | an athlete who competes at jumping (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | lacrosse player, |
| definition | : | an athlete who plays lacrosse (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | letterman, |
| definition | : | an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | olympian, |
| definition | : | an athlete who participates in the Olympic games (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | pentathlete, |
| definition | : | an athlete who competes in a pentathlon (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | pro, professional, |
| definition | : | an athlete who plays for pay (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | runner, |
| definition | : | a trained athlete who competes in foot races (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sharpshooter, |
| definition | : | an athlete noted for accurate aim (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | shot putter, |
| definition | : | an athlete who competes in the shot put (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | skater, |
| definition | : | someone who skates (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | skier, |
| definition | : | someone who skis (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sledder, |
| definition | : | someone who rides a sled (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | soccer player, |
| definition | : | an athlete who plays soccer (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | striker, |
| definition | : | a forward on a soccer team (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | swimmer, |
| definition | : | a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | swinger, |
| definition | : | someone who swings sports implements (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | tennis player, |
| definition | : | an athlete who plays tennis (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | winger, |
| definition | : | (sports) player in wing position (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dick fosbury, fosbury, richard d. fosbury, |
| definition | : | United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | james cleveland owens, jesse owens, owens, |
| definition | : | United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980) (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | athletic, |
| definition | : | relating to or befitting athletics or athletes (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | athletic, |
| definition | : | relating to or befitting athletics or athletes (adj.pert) |
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