All player synonyms
playΒ·er
P p noun player
- athlete β An athlete is a person who does a sport, especially athletics, or track and field events.
- opponent β a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- achievers β to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- whorehound β (US, vulgar, slang) Someone who often has sex with prostitutes.
- gorilla β the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- clavichord β A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clavier β any keyboard instrument
- headliner β a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- entertainer β A person, such as a singer, dancer, or comedian, whose job is to entertain others.
- bettor β a person who bets
- entrant β A person or group that enters, joins, or takes part in something.
- accompanist β An accompanist is a musician, especially a pianist, who plays one part of a piece of music while someone else sings or plays the main tune.
- gambler β to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- ingenue β the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- litigant β a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- barnstormer β to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- affluential β an affluent person who does not display his or her wealth in the form of material possessions
- oppugnant β opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- controller β A controller is a person who has responsibility for a particular organization or for a particular part of an organization.
- incomer β a person who comes in.
- ingenues β the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- bidder β A bidder is someone who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something that is being sold. If you sell something to the highest bidder, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it.
- cellist β A cellist is someone who plays the cello.
- jock β Scot. and Irish English. a nickname for John. an innocent lad; country boy.
- contestant β A contestant in a competition or quiz is a person who takes part in it.
- contester β a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- grand piano β a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.
- caricaturist β A caricaturist is a person who shows other people in an exaggerated way in order to be humorous or critical, especially in drawings or cartoons.
- hambone β (especially in vaudeville) a performer made up in blackface and using a stereotyped black dialect.
- mummer β a person who wears a mask or fantastic costume while merrymaking or taking part in a pantomime, especially at Christmas and other festive seasons.
- anti β You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- disputant β a person who disputes; debater.
- comedienne β A comedienne is a female entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
- cruiser β A cruiser is a motor boat which has an area for people to live or sleep in.
- bookie β A bookie is the same as a bookmaker.
- dicer β to cut into small cubes.
- opposer β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- fielder β an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- bookmaker β A bookmaker is a person whose job is to take your money when you bet and to pay you money if you win.
- harper β James, 1795β1869, and his brothers John, 1797β1875, (Joseph) Wesley, 1801β70, and Fletcher, 1806β77, U.S. printers and publishers.
- crapshooter β a person who plays the game of craps
- wagerer β A person who wagers or bets.
- director β a person or thing that directs.
- musician β a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- chaser β A chaser is an alcoholic drink that you have after you have drunk a stronger or weaker alcoholic drink.
- heartbreaker β a person, event, or thing causing heartbreak.
- actress β An actress is a woman whose job is acting in plays or films.
- flirt β to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
adj player
- dissolute β indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.