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
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
Same sense: participant
someone who plays a music as a profession
Same sense: musician, instrumentalist
a theatrical performer
Same sense: role player, actor, thespian, histrion
a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
someone who takes part in an activity
"he was a major player in setting up the corporation"
Same sense: participant
Synonyms and antonyms
- participant
- musician
- instrumentalist
- role player
- actor
- thespian
- histrion
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
- mayor
- layer
- taxpayer
- multiplayer
- slayer
- surveyor
- conveyor
- payer
- sprayer
- purveyor
- bricklayer
- sayer
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.