PLAYER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PLAYER?

Need another word that means the same as “player”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “player” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Player” are: participant, instrumentalist, musician, actor, histrion, role player, thespian, contestant, competitor, contender, team member, performer, soloist, virtuoso, artist, artiste, actress, entertainer, trouper

Player as a Noun

Definitions of "Player" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “player” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person taking part in a sport or game.
• A person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously.
• A device for playing recorded music or video.
• An important participant (as in a business deal.
• An actor.
• Someone who takes part in an activity.
• A person or body that is involved and influential in an area or activity.
• A person who participates in or is skilled at some game.
• A theatrical performer.
• A confident, successful man with many sexual partners.
• Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession.
• A person who plays a musical instrument.

Synonyms of "Player" as a noun (19 Words)

actor	A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television. He s a principal actor in this affair.
actress	A female actor. She is one of the great actresses of her generation.
artist	A person who habitually practises a specified reprehensible activity. A surgeon who is an artist with the scalpel.
artiste	A public performer (a dancer or singer. Cabaret artistes.
competitor	An organization or country engaged in commercial or economic competition with others. Our main industrial competitors.
contender	A person or group competing with others to achieve something. The major contenders in the football championship.
contestant	A person who takes part in a contest or competition. An anxious contestant on a television quiz show.
entertainer	A person who tries to please or amuse. Street entertainers.
histrion	A theatrical performer.
instrumentalist	An adherent of instrumentalism. Is the skilled pop instrumentalist an endangered species.
musician	Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession. Aspiring rock and pop musicians.
participant	A person who participates in or is skilled at some game. Staff are to be active participants in the decision making process.
performer	An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience. A circus performer.
role player	An actor’s portrayal of someone in a play.
soloist	A musician who performs a solo. He appears as a concerto soloist with all the great British orchestras.
team member	A cooperative unit (especially in sports.
thespian	A theatrical performer. An ageing thespian.
trouper	An actor who travels around the country presenting plays. An old trouper out for one last look at his adoring public.
virtuoso	A musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry. A celebrated clarinet virtuoso.

Usage Examples of "Player" as a noun

• He was a major player in setting up the corporation.
• A tennis player.
• She's so wary of playas, she's declared herself celibate.
• She knows Harry is something of a player.
• A guitar player.
• An MP3 player.
• A DVD player.
• The country's isolationism made it a secondary player in world political events.
• There are moments of tenderness beautifully expressed by the players.

Associations of "Player" (30 Words)

actor	A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television. In war one must be a good actor.
amateur	Someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime. Amateur athletics.
badminton	A game with rackets in which a shuttlecock is hit back and forth across a net.
baseball	A ball used in playing baseball. He played baseball in high school.
basketball	An inflated ball used in playing basketball.
bowler	A felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim.
defender	A person who cares for persons or property. A determined defender of British interests.
five	A playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips.
football	The playing of football especially in a stylish and entertaining way. His team played some impressive football.
game	A score of 100 points for tricks bid and made the best of three games constituting a rubber. They played word games.
hexad	The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. Each segment down to the tiniest hexad of cilia is practically identical in shape.
inning	One of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat.
pentad	A group or set of five.
quartet	A composition for a quartet. A quartet of comfortable armchairs.
quintet	A musical composition for a quintet. A jazz quintet played hypnotic Chicago blues.
quintuple	Increase fivefold. The company s revenues would quintuple over the next decade.
rugby	A form of football played with an oval ball.
seven	One of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face.
sextet	A composition for a sextet. The Jazz Club presents a new sextet.
six	A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips.
soccer	A form of football played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball which may not be handled during play except by the goalkeepers.
team	Form a team. He teamed up with the band to produce the disc.
thespian	Relating to drama and the theatre. Thespian talents.
thirty	The cardinal number that is the product of ten and three.
three	One of four playing cards in a deck having three pips.
triad	A set of three similar things considered as a unit. The triad of medication diet and exercise are necessary in diabetes care.
trio	Three people considered as a unit. The hotel was run by a trio of brothers.
triple	Hit a triple. The party more than tripled its share of the vote.
violinist	A person who plays the violin. The most renowned virtuoso violinist of his time.
woodwind	Wind instruments other than brass instruments forming a section of an orchestra, including flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons. Striking passages for woodwind and brass.