| Main Entry: | player |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person participating in sport |
Synonyms: |
amateur, athlete, champ, competitor, contestant, jock, member, opponent, participant, pro, professional, rookie, sportsperson, superjock, sweat*, team player |
Antonyms: |
fan, spectator |
| Main Entry: | player |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who acts in performance |
Synonyms: |
actor, bit player, entertainer, extra, ham, hambone, impersonator, lead, mime, mimic, performer, playactor, scene stealer, stand-in, star, thespian, trouper, understudy, walk-on |
Antonyms: |
director |
| Main Entry: | player |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who produces music |
Synonyms: |
artist, instrumentalist, music maker, musician, performer, rocker, soloist, virtuoso |
Antonyms: |
conductor |
| Main Entry: | actor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs, entertains by role-playing |
Synonyms: |
amateur, artist, barnstormer, bit player, character, clown, comedian, entertainer, extra, foil, ham, hambone, headliner, idol, impersonator, ingénue, lead, mime, mimic, pantomimist, performer, play-actor, player, soubrette, stand-in, star, stooge, straight person, thesp, thespian, trouper, understudy, ventriloquist, villain, walk-on |
Antonyms: |
audience, fan |
| Main Entry: | athlete |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person involved in sports |
Synonyms: |
amateur, animal, challenger, competitor, contender, contestant, games player, gorilla, iron person, jock, jockey, muscle person, player, professional, shoulders, sport, sportsperson, superjock |
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | actors in performance |
Synonyms: |
actors, actresses, artists, characters, company, dramatis personae, list, parts, players, roles, troupe |
| Main Entry: | contestant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competitor |
Synonyms: |
adversary, antagonist, aspirant, battler, candidate, challenger, combatant, contender, contester, dark horse, disputant, entrant, favorite, hopeful, member, participant, player, rival, scrapper, team member, warrior |
| Main Entry: | director |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manager |
Synonyms: |
administrator, big person, boss, chair, chief, controller, exec, executive, executive officer, governor, head, head honcho, helmer, key player, kingpin, leader, organizer, overseer, person upstairs, player, principal, producer, skipper, supervisor, top dog, top person |
| Main Entry: | dissolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking restraint, indulgent |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, evil, fast and loose, fast*, gone bad, high living, in the fast lane, intemperate, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, loose*, night owl, nighthawk, on the take, open, player*, profligate, raffish, rakish, reprobate, slack, swift, sybaritic, unconstrained, unprincipled, unrestrained, vicious, wanton, wayward, wicked, wild |
Antonyms: |
chaste, good, moral, pure, resolute, respectful, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | entrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person entering competition, starting new activity |
Synonyms: |
aspirant, beginner, candidate, competitor, contestant, convert, entry, incomer, initiate, neophyte, new member, newcomer, novice, participant, petitioner, player, probationer, rival, solicitor, tenderfoot |
Antonyms: |
fan, spectator |