Dictionary Definition
player
Noun
1 a person who participates in or is skilled at
some game [syn: participant]
2 someone who plays a musical instrument (as a
profession) [syn: musician, instrumentalist]
4 an important participant (as in a business
deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪə(r)
Etymology
-er playAdjective
player- of something that "plays" itself; a player piano.
Noun
- One who plays any game.
- A dramatic actor.
- One who plays on a musical instrument.
- A gamester; a gambler.
- One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
Translations
who plays any game
dramatic actor
- Czech: herec
- Danish: skuespiller
- Finnish: näyttelijä
- Swedish: skådespelare
who plays on a musical instrument
- Czech: hráč
- Danish: spillemand , musiker
- Finnish: soittaja
- Polish: muzyk
- Swedish: muiker, musikant
gambler
- Danish: spiller
- Finnish: peluri
- Swedish: spelare
idler
- Finnish: peluri
person "playing the field"
- Finnish: pelimies
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translations to be checked
- ttbc Afrikaans: speler
- ttbc Bosnian: igrač
- ttbc Bulgarian: играч
- ttbc Chinese: 玩家
- ttbc Dutch: speler
- ttbc French: joueur
- ttbc German: Spieler
- ttbc Greek: παίκτης
- ttbc Hebrew: שחקנ (sachkan)
- ttbc Italian: giocatore , giocatrice (1, 2, 5); attore , attrice (3); suonatore , suonatrice (4), seduttore , seduttrice (6)
- ttbc Latin: āctor m nominative, āctoris m genitive (1)
- ttbc Macedonian: igrach
- ttbc Moldavian: jucator
- ttbc Montenegrian: igrač
- ttbc Portuguese: jogador
- ttbc Slovak: hrac
- ttbc Spanish: jugador
- ttbc Turkish: oyuncu
Extensive Definition
Player may refer to:
- Player (game), a participant in a game
- Player (dating), slang term for a (usually male, but also female) individual skilled at sexual seduction
Theatre, film, and television
- An actor
- The Player (1992), a satirical film directed by Robert Altman about a cynical Hollywood film producer
- The Player (1971), a rare film featuring billiards legend Minnesota Fats (Rudolph Wanderone Jr.) as himself
- Bravo 2, a television channel, originally known as Player, focusing on gambling
Music
- Player (band), a 1970s rock band from Los Angeles, California
- Player (M. Pokora album), French singer M. Pokora's second album
Technology
Computing
- Media player (application software), a piece of software tailored for playing back different forms of multimedia file formats
- Player (software), a robot interface specification and software system
player in Persian: بازیکن
player in German: Spieler
player in French: Player
player in Korean: 플레이어
player in Dutch: Player
player in Russian: Плеер
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Roscius, actor, actress, adventurer, amateur athlete,
antagonist, archer, artist, artiste, athlete, bad guy, ballplayer, barnstormer, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, betting ring, bettor, blocking back, boneshaker, bowman, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, carouser, catcher, center, character, character actor,
character man, character woman, child actor, coach, competitor, compulsive
gambler, concert artist, contender, contestant, corrival, crap shooter,
cricketer, cutup, defensive lineman, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, emulator, end, entertainer, entrant, executant, feeder, foil, footballer, frisker, frolicker, funmaker, gambler, gamboler, games-player,
gamester, guard, hazarder, heavy, histrio, histrion, impersonator, infielder, ingenue, instrumentalist,
interpreter,
jock, jumper, juvenile, lineman, maestro, matinee idol, merrymaker, mime, mimer, mimic, minstrel, minstrelsy, monologist, mummer, music maker, musician, offensive lineman,
outfield, outfielder, pantomime, pantomimist, participant, performer, petty gambler,
piker, playactor, playboy, pleasure-seeker,
pleasurer, pleasurist, plunger, poloist, professional athlete,
protean actor, pugilist, punter, quarterback, racer, reciter, reveler, rival, rollicker, sharp, sharper, sharpie, skater, skylarker, soloist, soubrette, speculator, sport, sporting man, sportsman, sportswoman, stage
performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player,
tackle, tailback, the field, theatrical, thespian, tinhorn, tipster, tout, toxophilite, trouper, tunester, utility man, venturer, vier, villain, virtuosa, virtuoso, wagerer, wingback, wrestler