Player

Noun

 * 1) One who plays any game or sport.
 * 2)  An actor in a dramatic play.
 * 3)  One who plays on a musical instrument.
 * 4) One who is playful, given to games and other amusement; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
 * 5)  A gamer; a gamester.
 * 6)  A gambler.
 * 7) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
 * 8)  An electronic device that plays various audio and video media, such as CD player.
 * 9)  A software application that plays various audio and video formats.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:libertine

Adjective
player


 * 1) of something that "plays" itself, like certain automated devices

Derived terms

 * bit player
 * player piano

Thesaurus
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

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Azeri: lojtar
 * Catalan: jugador
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 競賽者, 竞赛者, , 选手
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
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 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish: imreoir


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 선수
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,
 * Sorani: یاریکه‌ر
 * Navajo: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: oyuncu


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  藝人,  艺人
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: skuespiller
 * Dutch: speler, vertolker
 * Finnish:


 * Greek:
 * Japanese:, 芸人
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:
 * Norwegian: skuespiller
 * Romanian: actor, actriță, interpret
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 玩家
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: spillemand, musiker
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 奏者
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: muiker, musikant


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 懒惰者, 懒惰者
 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Romanian: leneș
 * Russian:, лентяй


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 賭徒, 赌徒
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * Japanese: 博徒, ギャンブラー
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Navajo: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 播放機, 播放机,  播放器
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * Italian: lettore
 * Japanese: プレーヤー
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: плеер, проигрыватель


 * Arabic: مشغل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 播放器
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish:, soitto-ohjelma
 * French:
 * Japanese: プレーヤー
 * Russian: плеер


 * : speler
 * : igrač
 * : играч
 * : joueur
 * : Spieler
 * : שחקנ (sachkan)
 * : giocatore, giocatrice (1, 2, 5); attore , attrice  (3); suonatore , suonatrice  (4), seduttore , seduttrice  (6)


 * : āctor m nominative, āctoris m genitive (1)
 * : igrach
 * : jucator
 * : igrač
 * : jogador
 * : hrac
 * : jugador
 * : oyuncu

Anagrams

 * parley
 * pearly
 * replay