Poor eyesight is a handicap to a sportsman.
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Sportsman
Synonyms for "sportsman" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
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3 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 59 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- atlet noun ((male) athlete)
- sportist noun ((male) athlete)
Arabic
2 entries- رياضي noun ((male) athlete)
- رِيَاضِيّ noun ((male) athlete)
Armenian
2 entries- մարզիկ noun ((male) athlete)
- սպորտսմեն noun ((male) athlete)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- idmançı noun ((male) athlete)
Belarusian
3 entries- атле́т noun ((male) athlete)
- спарто́вец noun ((male) athlete)
- спартсме́н noun ((male) athlete)
Bulgarian
3 entries- атле́т noun ((male) athlete)
- спорти́ст noun ((male) athlete)
- спортсме́н noun ((male) athlete)
Burmese
1 entries- အားကစားသမား noun ((male) athlete)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 運動員 /运动员 noun ((male) athlete)
Czech
1 entries- sportovec noun ((male) athlete)
Danish
2 entries- idrætsmand noun ((male) athlete)
- sportsmand noun ((male) athlete)
Dutch
1 entries- sportman noun ((male) athlete)
Esperanto
1 entries- sportisto noun ((male) athlete)
Estonian
1 entries- sportlane noun ((male) athlete)
Finnish
2 entries- erämies noun (man who engages in country sports)
- urheilija noun ((male) athlete)
French
2 entries- athlète noun ((male) athlete)
- sportif noun ((male) athlete)
Georgian
2 entries- ათლეტი noun ((male) athlete)
- სპორტსმენი noun ((male) athlete)
German
2 entries- Athlet noun ((male) athlete)
- Sportler noun ((male) athlete)
Greek
3 entries- αθλητής noun ((male) athlete)
- αθλητικός noun ((male) athlete)
- αθλητικός τύπος noun ((male) athlete)
Hebrew
1 entries- סְפּוֹרְטַאי noun ((male) athlete)
Hindi
1 entries- खिलाड़ी noun ((male) athlete)
Hungarian
1 entries- sportoló noun ((male) athlete)
Icelandic
1 entries- íþróttamaður noun ((male) athlete)
Indonesian
1 entries- olahragawan noun ((male) athlete)
Italian
1 entries- sportivo noun ((male) athlete)
Japanese
4 entries- スポーツマン noun ((male) athlete)
- スポーツ選手 noun ((male) athlete)
- 運動選手 noun ((male) athlete)
- 選手 noun ((male) athlete)
Kazakh
1 entries- спортшы noun ((male) athlete)
Khmer
2 entries- អត្តពលិក noun ((male) athlete)
- អ្នកកីឡា noun ((male) athlete)
Korean
4 entries- 선수 noun ((male) athlete)
- 스포츠 선수 noun ((male) athlete)
- 스포츠맨 noun ((male) athlete)
- 운동선수 noun ((male) athlete)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- спортчу noun ((male) athlete)
Lao
1 entries- ນັກກິລາ noun ((male) athlete)
Latvian
2 entries- atlēts noun ((male) athlete)
- sportists noun ((male) athlete)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sportininkas noun ((male) athlete)
Macedonian
1 entries- спорти́ст noun ((male) athlete)
Malay
3 entries- ahli sukan noun ((male) athlete)
- atlet noun ((male) athlete)
- olahragawan noun ((male) athlete)
Mongolian
2 entries- тамирчин noun ((male) athlete)
- ᠲᠠᠮᠢᠷᠴᠢᠨ noun ((male) athlete)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- werziştkar noun ((male) athlete)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- idrettsmann noun ((male) athlete)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- idrettsmann noun ((male) athlete)
Pashto
1 entries- ورزشکار noun ((male) athlete)
Persian
1 entries- ورزشکار noun ((male) athlete)
Polish
2 entries- sportowiec noun ((male) athlete)
- sportsmen noun ((male) athlete)
Portuguese
2 entries- esportista noun ((male) athlete)
- esportivo noun ((male) athlete)
Romanian
2 entries- atlet noun ((male) athlete)
- sportiv noun ((male) athlete)
Russian
2 entries- атле́т noun ((male) athlete)
- спортсме́н noun ((male) athlete)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sportista noun ((male) athlete)
- spòrtāš noun ((male) athlete)
- спо̀рта̄ш noun ((male) athlete)
- спортиста noun ((male) athlete)
Slovak
1 entries- športovec noun ((male) athlete)
Slovene
1 entries- športnik noun ((male) athlete)
Spanish
1 entries- deportista noun ((male) athlete)
Swedish
2 entries- idrottare noun ((male) athlete)
- idrottsman noun ((male) athlete)
Tajik
1 entries- варзишгар noun ((male) athlete)
Tatar
1 entries- спортчы noun ((male) athlete)
Thai
1 entries- นักกีฬา noun ((male) athlete)
Turkish
1 entries- sporcu noun ((male) athlete)
Turkmen
1 entries- sportçy noun ((male) athlete)
Ukrainian
3 entries- атле́т noun ((male) athlete)
- спорто́вець noun ((male) athlete)
- спортсме́н noun ((male) athlete)
Urdu
1 entries- کهلڑی noun ((male) athlete)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئىسپورتچى noun ((male) athlete)
Uzbek
3 entries- atlet noun ((male) athlete)
- sportchi noun ((male) athlete)
- sportsmen noun ((male) athlete)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nhà thể thao noun ((male) athlete)
- vận động viên noun ((male) athlete)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He looks like a sportsman, but he is a writer.
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He had the appearance of a sportsman.
Source: tatoeba (294726)
He appears to have been a great sportsman.
Source: tatoeba (301339)
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