SPORTSMEN Synonyms

• a person trained to compete in sports

• A person employed to divide molten metal into separate balls before it is hammered out.

• One who plays basketball; a basketballer.

• One who has swag and lives an extravagant lifestyle.

• the contestant you hope to defeat

• the contestant you hope to defeat

• a person who participates in competitions

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat

• a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting

• (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat

• a professional boxer

• an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics

• a person trained to compete in sports

• a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise

• someone who takes part in an activity

• a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

• a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

• someone who plays a music as a profession

• a theatrical performer

• a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously

• someone who takes part in an activity

• engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

• of or relating to or suitable as a profession

• characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

• of or relating to a profession

• a person engaged in one of the learned professions

• an athlete who plays for pay

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

• engaged in by members of a profession

• someone who drives racing cars at high speeds

• a fast car that competes in races

• an animal that races

• slender fast-moving North American snakes

• as a rival in a competition

• the contestant you hope to defeat

• be equal to in quality or ability

• be the rival of, be in competition with

• someone who imports or exports without paying duties

• someone who travels on foot by running

• a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents

• a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

• a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

• a trained athlete who competes in foot races

• (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

• a long narrow carpet

• device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

• fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

• a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets

• a person who travels through the water by swimming

• combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground

• an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

• the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

• (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

• a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances

• someone who engages in sports

• (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

• verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

• wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

• play boisterously