noun
player
A person who takes part in a game or sport.
The table-tennis player returns the ball to her waiting opponent.
Etymology
The ending -er names someone performing the action. In games and sports, a player is one of the people participating in play.
In context
years a friend of mine great teammate and then soon as we realized who we were we said get the teams together let's take a picture. We actually gave each player on his team one of our uh warm-up shirts.
More examples
- Each player draws five cards before the game begins.
- Our team needs two more players for Saturday's game.
- A skilled chess player thinks several moves ahead.
Forms
player · players
play verb — Take part in a game or sport.
Similar words
- participant
- Participant also covers activities beyond games, such as meetings.
- athlete
- Athlete emphasizes physical sports rather than games like chess.
- competitor
- Competitor emphasizes trying to win against others.