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athletes

NOUN

person involved in sports

Synonyms

STRONGEST

animal competitor contestant jock player professional sport

STRONG

amateur challenger contender gorilla jockey shoulders

WEAK

games player iron person muscle person sportsperson superjock

Example Sentences

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And there’s a case for serious athletes, who could use the Fitness setting to actually add resistance during workouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The existing system fails to properly reward athletes whose talents and dedication provide the entertainment that sports bodies depend on to generate revenue.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

But all the Enhanced Games athletes who BBC Sport spoke to when granted access to the training camp in February said money was their main motivation and felt they had been underpaid during their careers.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

You don’t need to have played in the major leagues to realize how much money athletes make.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

What the athletes also gave him was an ability to reach into every slice of the school’s population, into every self-defined and self-limiting clique.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove