athlete
nounEtymology
From Middle English athlete, from Latin āthlēta (and probably also partly from Middle French athlete), from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).
Definitions
A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road…
A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill
A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
- She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.
An exceptionally physically fit person.
The neighborhood
- synonymsportsperson
- synonymcompetitor
- synonymjock
- synonympro
- synonymsportsman
- synonymsportswoman
- antonymnonathlete
- neighborathletic
- neighborathletics
- neighbor-athlon
- neighbor:Category:Occupations
- neighborperson
Derived
athletehood, athlete's foot, athleticism, athletocracy, biathlete, cyberathlete, decathlete, e-athlete, ethlete, heptathlete, mathlete, neutral Paralympic athlete, nonathlete, para-athlete, parathlete, Spanish athlete, student-athlete, student athlete, superathlete, triathlete, world's greatest athlete
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at athlete. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at athlete. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at athlete
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA