Player

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that plays, especially:
  • n. One who participates in a game or sport.
  • n. A gambler.
  • n. One who performs in theatrical roles.
  • n. One who plays a musical instrument.
  • n. An active participant: a major player in world affairs.
  • n. The mechanism actuating a player piano.
  • n. A machine that reproduces recorded audio or audio-visual material.
  • n. Slang One who actively seeks out sexual partners and carries on a number of sexual affairs at the same time.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who plays any game or sport.
  • n. One who plays a part in something; a character
  • n. An actor in a dramatic play.
  • n. One who plays on a musical instrument.
  • n. One who is playful, given to games and other amusement; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
  • n. A gamer; a gamester.
  • n. A gambler.
  • n. A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
  • n. An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player.
  • n. A software application that plays audio and/or video.
  • adj. of something that "plays" itself, like certain automated devices
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
  • n. One who plays any game.
  • n. A dramatic actor.
  • n. One who plays on an instrument of music.
  • n. A gamester; a gambler.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who plays.
  • n. A contestant in a game or match of any kind; also, one who is in the habit of playing, or who is skilled in, a particular game : as, a chess-player; a billiard-player.
  • n. A dramatic performer; an actor; one who enacts characters on the stage.
  • n. One who performs on an instrument of music.
  • n. In harness-manuf., a small piece of metal attached by links to the mouthpiece of the bridle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
  • n. an important participant (as in a business deal)
  • n. a theatrical performer
  • n. a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
  • n. a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    participant    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    idler    trifler    gamester    gambler    libertine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Breyer    Dreyer    Mayer    Sayer    Speyer    assayer    bayer    brayer    conveyer    conveyor   
    Unknown
    Sports    Gaming   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    game    team    actor    artist    member    manager    guy    worker    one    company