Athlete

//ˈæθ.liːt//

Synonyms for "athlete" (52 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

Noun(1 words)

amateur athlete archer ballplayer baseballer baseman batter battery blocking back bowman catcher

Strong matches (15)

center coach competitor cricketer defensive lineman end footballer fullback games-player gamester guard infielder jock jumper

Noun(1 words)

competitor

Related words (26)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

2 entries

contestant person

Synonyms

1 entries

sportsperson

Related terms

4 entries

:Category:Occupations athletic athletics athlon

at location

4 entries

locker room olympics sporting event stadium

capable of

26 entries

attempt to break world record attempt to set record best previous record bicycle for many miles bicycle up hill break record choose to become professional compete decide to train jog jump high letter in football letter in sport lose competition lose game miss ball

Showing 16 of 26 words.

derived

21 entries

Spanish athlete athlete's foot athletehood athleticism athletocracy biathlete cyberathlete decathlete e-athlete ethlete heptathlete mathlete neutral Paralympic athlete nonathlete para-athlete parathlete

Showing 16 of 21 words.

desires

1 entries

stay in zone

has context

2 entries

canada us

is a

3 entries

athlete or sports team contestant person

not desires

1 entries

sore knee

related to

18 entries

athletic athlon cross country running fit good good sportsman person physically racewalking road running sportive sportive person sports sports person sportsman sportsperson

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Translations

194 translations across 71 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

atlet noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atlet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
atlete noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atlete noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀθλητής noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
ἀθλητής noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Arabic

2 entries

رِيَاضِيَّة noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
رِيَاضِيّ noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Armenian

2 entries

մարզիկ noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
սպորտսմեն noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

idmançı noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Belarusian

4 entries

атле́т noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
атле́тка noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
лёгкаатле́т noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
лёгкаатле́тка noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Bulgarian

4 entries

атле́т noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
атле́тка noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
лекоатле́т noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
лекоатле́тка noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Burmese

2 entries

အားကစားသမား noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
အားကစားသမား noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Catalan

3 entries

atleta noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atleta noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
atleta noun (exceptionally physically fit person)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

田徑運動員 /田径运动员 noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
運動員 /运动员 noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲁⲑⲗⲏⲧⲏⲥ noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Czech

4 entries

atlet noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atletka noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
sportovec noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
sportovkyně noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Danish

2 entries

atlet noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
sportsudøver noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Dutch

1 entries

atleet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Esperanto

3 entries

atleto noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atleto noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
sportisto noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Estonian

1 entries

sportlane noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Finnish

3 entries

atleetti noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
atleetti noun (exceptionally physically fit person)
yleisurheilija noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

French

4 entries

athlète noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
athlète noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
athlète noun (exceptionally physically fit person)
sportif noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Galician

2 entries

atleta noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
atleta noun (exceptionally physically fit person)

Georgian

3 entries

ათლეტი noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
ათლეტი noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
სპორტსმენი noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

German

4 entries

Athlet noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
Athlet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
Athletin noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
Athletin noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Greek

4 entries

αθλήτρια noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
αθλήτρια noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
αθλητής noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
αθλητής noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Hebrew

1 entries

אַתְלֶט noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Hindi

1 entries

खिलाड़ी noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Hungarian

2 entries

atléta noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atléta noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Icelandic

1 entries

íþrottmaður noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Ido

2 entries

atleto noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atleto noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Indonesian

2 entries

atlet noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atlet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Irish

2 entries

lúthchleasaí noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
lúthchleasaí noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Italian

4 entries

atleta noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atleta noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
sportiva noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
sportivo noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Japanese

4 entries

運動選手 noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
選手 noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
陸上競技の選手 noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
陸上選手 noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Kazakh

2 entries

жеңіл атлет noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
спортшы noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Khmer

4 entries

អត្តពលិក noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
អត្តពលិក noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
អ្នកកីឡា noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
អ្នកកីឡា noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Korean

4 entries

선수 noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
운동선수 noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
육상 경기 선수 noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
육상 선수 noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

спортчу noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Lao

1 entries

ນັກກິລາ noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Latin

2 entries

āthlēta noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
āthlēta noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Latvian

4 entries

atlēte noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
atlēts noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
sportiste noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
sportists noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Lithuanian

4 entries

atletas noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atletė noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
sportininkas noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
sportininkas noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Macedonian

2 entries

спорти́ст noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
спорти́стка noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Malay

2 entries

atlet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
olahragawan noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Mongolian

2 entries

тамирчин noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
ᠲᠠᠮᠢᠷᠴᠢᠨ noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Māori

3 entries

kaipara noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
kaipara noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
waetea noun (exceptionally physically fit person)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

palewan noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
werzişvan noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Norwegian

2 entries

atlet noun (exceptionally physically fit person)
spreking noun (exceptionally physically fit person)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

atlet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
idrettsmann noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
idrettsutøver noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

idrettsmann noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
idrettsutøvar noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

پهلوان noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
پهلوان noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Pashto

1 entries

ورزشکار noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Persian

1 entries

ورزشکار noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Polish

4 entries

atleta noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atleta noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
atleta noun (exceptionally physically fit person)
atletka noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Portuguese

2 entries

atleta noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atleta noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Romanian

4 entries

atlet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
atlet noun (exceptionally physically fit person)
atletă noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
persoană atletică noun (exceptionally physically fit person)

Russian

4 entries

атле́т noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
атле́тка noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
легкоатле́т noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
легкоатле́тка noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

sportaš noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
sportista noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
спортиста noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Slovak

3 entries

športovec noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
športovec noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
športovkyňa noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Slovene

2 entries

športnica noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
športnik noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Spanish

3 entries

atleta noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
atleta noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
persona atlética noun (exceptionally physically fit person)

Swahili

2 entries

mwanariadha noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
mwanariadha noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Swedish

2 entries

atlet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
friidrottare noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Tajik

1 entries

варзишгар noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Tatar

1 entries

спортчы noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Telugu

2 entries

క్రీడాకారిణి noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
క్రీడాకారుడు noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Thai

2 entries

นักกีฬา noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
นักกีฬา noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Turkish

1 entries

sporcu noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Turkmen

1 entries

sportçy noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Ukrainian

4 entries

атле́т noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
атле́тка noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
легкоатле́т noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)
легкоатле́тка noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Urdu

1 entries

کهلڑی noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Uyghur

2 entries

ئىسپورتچى noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
تەنھەرىكەتچى noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Uzbek

2 entries

atlet noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
sportchi noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)

Vietnamese

2 entries

nhà thể thao noun (person who actively participates in physical sports)
vận động viên noun (participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The athlete was full of spirit and confidence.

Source: tatoeba (19278)

An athlete must keep in good condition.

Source: tatoeba (26543)

That athlete won three times in a row in this tournament.

Source: tatoeba (45654)

The athlete excelled in all kinds of sports.

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