team player

team play·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teem pley-er]
- /tim ˈpleɪ ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teem pley-er]
- /tim ˈpleɪ ər/

Definitions of team player words

noun team player a person who willingly works in cooperation with others. 1
noun team player sb: co-operates well 1
countable noun team player If you refer to someone as a team player, you mean that they work well with other people in order to achieve things. 0
noun team player a person who works efficiently as part of a team 0
noun team player one who subordinates personal aspirations and works in a coordinated effort with other members of a group, or team, in striving for a common goal 0

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Origin of team player

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Team player

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Team player

team player popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

team player usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for team player

noun team player

co-worker — Your co-workers are the people you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you.
collaborator — A collaborator is someone that you work with to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
coworker — Your coworkers are the people you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you.
coworkers — a fellow worker; colleague.
fellow traveller — a companion on a journey

All 5 Synonyms of team player