player
Syllables: play·er/ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
player noun: one who plays any game or sport.
Noun
player (plural players)
- One who plays any game or sport.
- He is a player for the Australian team.
- Synonyms:
- laker
- An actor in a dramatic play.
- All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, merely Playersc. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- One who plays on a musical instrument.
- A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
- He is an avid Minecraft player.
- The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, volume 7, →DOI...
- A gambler.
- A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
- But up to this time the application of the player mechanism had been confined to reed instruments, the piano manufacturers having successfully resisted the introduction of the player mechanism into the piano; but, in the meantime, the manufacturers of players had grown strong and the manufacturers...1915, John McTammany, The Technical History of the Player
- A Technical Treatise on Piano Player Mechanism" contains detailed description of the various types of interior and exterior players, embracing manual, pneumatic, automatic, mechanical and electric1909, William Braid White, Regulation and Repair of Piano and Player Mechanism, ..., page 179
- An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
- Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?
- A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
- a major player in the direct banking sector
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
- In this space we explored lesbian sadomasochism, met other S/M women who were serious players, had access to safe equipment and, through watching other women, learned new techniques.1991 April 22, Wickie Stamps, “A Lesbian Looks At The GMSMA's 10ᵗʰ Anniversary Celebration”, in Gay Community News, page 11
- A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’ / Players only love you when they’re playin’ / Say women, they will come and they will go / When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know1977, Stevie Nicks, “Dreams”, in Rumours, performed by Fleetwood Mac, Warner Bros.
- Synonyms:
- adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster
Proper noun capitalized: Player
Player (plural Players)
player meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
player in Hindi
- one who plays any game or sport
- खिलाड़ी khilāṛī
- electronic device
- प्लेयर pleyar
player in Tamil
- விளையர்
player in Marathi
- one who plays any game or sport
- खेळाडू kheḷāḍū
- one who plays a musical instrument
- वादक vādak
- electronic device
- प्लेयर pleyar
- software application
- प्लेयर pleyar
player in Urdu
- one who plays any game or sport
- کِھلاڑی khilāṛī
- electronic device
- پِلیئَر pilear
More languagesFewer languages
- player in Bengali
- খেলোয়াড় khelōẇaṛ, প্লেয়ার pleẏar
- player in Telugu
- ఆడేవాడు āḍēvāḍu
- player in Malayalam
- കളിക്കാരൻ kaḷikkāraṉ, നടൻ naṭaṉ
- player in Kannada
- ಆಟಗಾರ āṭagāra
- player in Punjabi
- ਖਿਡਾਰੀ khiḍārī, ਖਿਡਾਰਨ khiḍāran, کِھڈارِی khiḍārī, کِھڈارَن khiḍāran
- player in Gujarati
- ખેલાડી khelāṛī, બજવૈયો bajvaiyo
- player in Assamese
- খেলুৱৈ kheluoi
- player in Pashto
- بازيګر bāzigár
- player in Tagalog
- manlalaro
- player in Arabic
- لَاعِب lāʕib, مَشْغَل mašḡal, جِهَاز jihāz, جَهَاز jahāz
- player in Malay
- pemain
- player in Indonesian
- pemain, pemutar
- player in Thai
- ผู้เล่น pûu-lên, เครื่องเล่น krʉ̂ʉang-lên, เสือผู้หญิง sʉ̌ʉa-pûu-yǐng
- player in Vietnamese
- cầu thủ, dân chơi
- player in Myanmar
- ကစားသူ ka.ca:su
Examples of player in a sentence
- Electric players used either a four-lobe rotary pump belt-driven by an electric motor or a self-contained electric motor and ...1970, Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume, Player piano: the history of the mechanical piano and how to repair it:
- Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
- As the biggest rail player, Network Rail was usually held accountable for failings, but had no authority to change anything to solve the problems.2021 March 10, Nigel Harris, “It's time to get on with it!”, in RAIL, number 926, page 3:
Synonyms of player
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Forms of player
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | players |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Players |
Origin of player
From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.
Words formed from player
- advantage player
- back gammon player
- badminton player
- ball player
- baseball player
- basketball player
- bass player
- beach volleyball player
- bit player
- Blu-ray player
- bugle-player
- bugle player
- cardplayer
- cassette player
- CD player
- cello player
- chalk player
- chessplayer
- chess player
- coplayer
- cosplayer
- DVD player
- ear player
- field hockey player
- five tool player
- five-tool player
- flute-player
- football player
- gameplayer
- gamesplayer
- garmon player
- gridiron football player
- guitar-player
- handball player
- harp-player
- hockey player
- horseplayer
- interplayer
- jazz player
- long player
- long-player
- marquee player
- most valuable player
- MP3 player
- MP4 player
- multiplayer
- multi-player
- nonplayer
- non-player character
- oboe-player
- outfield player
- photoplayer
- piano player
- ping pong player
- playerbase
- player base
- player character
- playerdom
- player escort
- playeress
Phrases with player
- VCD player
- VHS player
- polo player
- role player
- tape player
- team player
- Let's Player
- media player
- player bases
- player hater
- player piano
- rugby player
21 more phrasesFewer phrases
- player haters
- player pianos
- record player
- soccer player
- squash player
- string player
- tennis player
- utility player
- player vs player
- player characters
- player vs. player
- volleyball player
- water polo player
- proposition player
- player of the match
- table tennis player
- player versus player
- radio cassette player
- player versus environment
- hate the game, not the player
- value over replacement player
Words that rhyme with player
Questions about player
- What does player mean?
- Player means one who plays any game or sport.
- What is player in Hindi?
- Player in Hindi is खिलाड़ी (khilāṛī), प्लेयर (pleyar). See Player meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use player in a sentence?
- Electric players used either a four-lobe rotary pump belt-driven by an electric motor or a self-contained electric motor and ...
- What part of speech is player?
- Player can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce player?
- Player is pronounced /ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of player?
- The plural of player is players.
Words near player in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: player (page history and authors); Player (page history and authors); player (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఆడేవాడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಆಟಗಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ખેલાડી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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