personal trainer

noun

plural personal trainers

: a person specializing and often certified in guiding or instructing people in fitness and exercise routines

She swims nearly every day, does step aerobics with a personal trainer, and uses a treadmill when it rains …

—Patricia McLaughlin

… swims a half-mile several times a week and also lifts weights with a personal trainer.

—Kevin Helliker

Examples of personal trainer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Similarly, Lindsey Bomgren, a personal trainer based in Minneapolis, gets in her steps each morning while using her phone’s talk-to-text app to draft emails and write herself notes. — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 27 July 2026

In May 2026, Laura Horton — a 53-year-old personal trainer from Liverpool, England — was celebrating her birthday with a two-week vacation to Lesbos, Greece. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Conor Washington, special agent in charge at the SSA Office of Inspector General, also accused Phillips of continuing to work as a personal trainer while collecting disability payments. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026

So Ohashi started working with a personal trainer, lifting weights for three hours a day for four days a week. — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for personal trainer

• abstainer
• campaigner
• complainer
• container
• coplanar
• detainer
• maintainer
• nonplanar
• retainer
• sustainer
• entertainer
• gainer