Word Type

Noun

The word "athlete" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

locker room olympics sporting event stadium

Capable Of

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 play baseball play lacrosse play sport prepare for competition ready for race run fast run marathon sprint wash car watch weight

Derived Terms

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

Desires

stay in zone

Context

canada us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

contestant person

Type Of (IsA)

athlete or sports team contestant person

Not Desires

sore knee

Related Terms

:Category:Occupations athletic athletics athlon

Related Terms

athletic athlon cross country running fit good good sportsman person physically racewalking road running sportive sportive person sports sports person sportsman sportsperson track and field type

Synonym Network

sportsperson

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.