'Player' definitions:
Definition of 'player'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who participates in or is skilled at some game [syn: player, participant]
noun
Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) [syn: musician, instrumentalist, player]
noun
noun
A person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
noun
An important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"
Definition of 'Player'
From: GCIDE
- Player \Play"er\, n.
- 1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who plays any game. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A dramatic actor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. One who plays on an instrument of music. "A cunning player on a harp." --1 Sam. xvi. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A gamester; a gambler. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'player'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actor,
- actress,
- adventurer,
- amateur athlete,
- antagonist,
- archer,
- artist,
- artiste,
- athlete,
- bad guy,
- ballplayer,
- barnstormer,
- baseballer,
- baseman,
- batter,
- battery,
- betting ring,
- bettor,
- blocking back,
- boneshaker,
- bowman,
- cardshark,
- cardsharp,
- cardsharper,
- carouser,
- catcher,
- center,
- character,
- character actor,
- character man,
- character woman,
- child actor,
- coach,
- competitor,
- compulsive gambler,
- concert artist,
- contender,
- contestant,
- corrival,
- crap shooter,
- cricketer,
- cutup,
- defensive lineman,
- diseur,
- diseuse,
- dramatizer,
- emulator,
- end,
- entertainer,
- entrant,
- executant,
- feeder,
- foil,
- footballer,
- frisker,
- frolicker,
- funmaker,
- gambler,
- gamboler,
- games-player,
- gamester,
- guard,
- hazarder,
- heavy,
- histrio,
- histrion,
- impersonator,
- infielder,
- ingenue,
- instrumentalist,
- interpreter,
- jock,
- jumper,
- juvenile,
- lineman,
- maestro,
- matinee idol,
- merrymaker,
- mime,
- mimer,
- mimic,
- minstrel,
- minstrelsy,
- monologist,
- mummer,
- music maker,
- musician,
- offensive lineman,
- outfield,
- outfielder,
- pantomime,
- pantomimist,
- participant,
- performer,
- petty gambler,
- piker,
- playactor,
- playboy,
- pleasure-seeker,
- pleasurer,
- pleasurist,
- plunger,
- poloist,
- professional athlete,
- protean actor,
- pugilist,
- punter,
- quarterback,
- racer,
- reciter,
- reveler,
- rival,
- rollicker,
- Roscius,
- sharp,
- sharper,
- sharpie,
- skater,
- skylarker,
- soloist,
- soubrette,
- speculator,
- sport,
- sporting man,
- sportsman,
- sportswoman,
- stage performer,
- stage player,
- stooge,
- straight man,
- stroller,
- strolling player,
- tackle,
- tailback,
- the field,
- theatrical,
- thespian,
- tinhorn,
- tipster,
- tout,
- toxophilite,
- trouper,
- tunester,
- utility man,
- venturer,
- vier,
- villain,
- virtuosa,
- virtuoso,
- wagerer,
- wingback,
- wrestler
Words containing 'Player'
- CD player,
- Puppet player,
- Scratch player,
- baseball player,
- basketball player,
- billiard player,
- bridge player,
- card player,
- cassette player,
- chess player,
- dart player,
- flute player,
- football player,
- golf player,
- guitar player,
- hockey player,
- hooky player,
- koto player,
- lacrosse player,
- most valuable player,
- piano player,
- player piano,
- pool player,
- record player,
- recorder player,
- role player,
- seeded player,
- sitar player,
- soccer player,
- strolling player,
- supporting players,
- tape player,
- tennis player,
- trombone player,
- volleyball player,
- compact disk player,
- professional tennis player,
- ice-hockey player