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

Closer to home, the hotel has its own fitness center with Technogym equipment, personal trainers, and daily beachside yoga. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Some consider other work Hohns, who runs Deutermann Farms in Clayton, North Carolina, entered the hemp industry after losing his job as a personal trainer during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Gene Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

Extreme makeovers via a team that included a personal trainer, therapist, dentist and multiple cosmetic surgeons. — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Ung, the son of Cambodian refugees and a onetime personal trainer turned reluctant doughnut maker, is closing the chapter on Monarch to rest — and weigh what might come next. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 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