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Player definition

Player is a noun meaning "a person who participates in or is skilled at some game." It has 5 meanings, listed below with an example sentence.

Part of speech
noun
Syllables
2
Letters
6
How common
Everyday word

Player as a noun

  1. a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

    Same sense: participant

  2. someone who plays a music as a profession

    Same sense: musician, instrumentalist

  3. a theatrical performer

    Same sense: role player, actor, thespian, histrion

  4. a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously

  5. someone who takes part in an activity

    "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"

    Same sense: participant

Synonyms and antonyms

How to say player

Player has 2 syllables and rhymes with mayor. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with player

All 27 words that rhyme with player

PLAYER in word games

Scrabble
11
Words With Friends
12
Anagrams
3

Is PLAYER a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PLAYER in the word checker, or unscramble PLAYER to see its 3 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.

Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.