player
1. [ noun ] (games) a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
Synonyms: participant
Related terms: contestant ballplayer football_player golfer most_valuable_player grandmaster lacrosse_player volleyball_player hockey_player card_player bowler billiard_player seeded_player scorer server tennis_player dart_player pool_player shooter soccer_player chess_player stringer play
2. [ noun ] (music,performing arts) someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Synonyms: musician instrumentalist
Related terms: performer soloist pianist singer violinist jazz_musician flutist piper trumpeter organist guitarist bassoonist harpist rocker sitar_player percussionist keyboardist violist saxophonist recorder_player harpsichordist bell_ringer accompanist trombonist koto_player cellist carillonneur lutist harmoniser rhythm_and_blues_musician oboist accordionist bassist hornist clarinetist vibist bandsman musical_organization
3. [ noun ] (performing arts) a theatrical performer
Synonyms: actor role_player thespian histrion
Related terms: performer actress star leading_man mime plant walk-on comedian ham barnstormer barrymore supernumerary howard burton bing_crosby Bogart drew upstager allen astaire heavy barrymore barrymore booth burbage ingenue buster_keaton chevalier cagney jack_lemmon alfred_lunt dean de_niro depardieu o'toole douglas_elton_fairbanks douglas_fairbanks_jr. fonda clark_gable david_garrick gibson arthur_john_gielgud cary_grant scene-stealer alec_guinness hanks harrison heming dustin_hoffman anthony_hopkins harold_clayton_lloyd al_jolson boris_karloff edmund_kean cooper eugene_curran_kelly charles_laughton bruce_lee laszlo_lowestein bela_ferenc_blasko coward understudy tragedian e._g._marshall martin james_mason mitchum dudley_moore newman baron_olivier_of_birghton character_actor poitier charles_robert_redford ralph_richardson edward_g._robinson george_c._scott peter_sellers francis_albert_sinatra otis_skinner konstantin_sergeevich_stanislavsky james_maitland_stewart erich_von_stroheim spencer_tracy sir_herbert_beerbohm_tree peter_alexander_ustinov duke_wayne george_orson_welles movie_actor granville-barker act act
4. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6020
5. [ noun ] an important participant (as in a business deal)
Examples:

"he was a major player in setting up the corporation"

Related terms: participant commercial_enterprise
Similar spelling:   plyer
  plier
  plower