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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to athletes, such as: competitor, player, animal, professional, contestant, and sport.
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It was the older lure that brought every year athletes of fame to run in the historic race.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHBehold these patient, indefatigable athletes, ever vanquished, yet ever returning to the combat!
CATHERINE DE' MEDICIHONORE DE BALZACThere were few better athletes than Matt King, and he was in the pink of condition.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSThe fame of athletes, however, soon declines with their bodily powers.
TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTUREVITRUVIUSWe know one or two of these iron athletes who have outlived their generation and they are among the bores of the world.
SEEING THINGS AT NIGHTHEYWOOD BROUNThe excitement ran high as the young athletes struggled over the ground.
FRANK IN THE MOUNTAINSHARRY CASTLEMONFor that reason it inspired them with the courage of athletes, when they had to endure also the shame of the arena.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWSTHOMAS CHARLES EDWARDSWe now understand why they take so deep an interest in the running of the Christian athletes on earth.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWSTHOMAS CHARLES EDWARDSWe must put away our own grossness, as athletes rid themselves by severe training of all superfluous flesh.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWSTHOMAS CHARLES EDWARDSThe table where men sit who are in training is a noisy table, and the athletes verge on ‘bear-fighting’ even in hall.
OXFORDANDREW LANG