skater

noun

skat·​er ˈskā-tər 

1

: one that skates

2

: water strider

Examples of skater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Six figure skaters associated with the Skating Club of Boston perished in the crash, including Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, two coaches, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, and Jin Han, the mother of Jinna, and Christine Lane, the mother of Spencer. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025

This year's cast also features a handful of other reality luminaries — Dancing With the Stars' Mark Ballas and Top Chef's Kristen Kish — and a motley assortment of actors (Stephen Colletti, Michael Rapaport), Olympic figure skaters (Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski), and drag queens (Monét X Change). —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025

One of the day’s first skaters is Constantine, a prodigious, floppy-haired 11-year-old who’s working on his triple salchow. —Blair Braverman, Outside, 22 Dec. 2025

Heineman scored the tying goal for the Islanders on the power play with 29 seconds left in regulation, and with Rittich on the bench for an extra skater. —CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing skater

• pond skater

Rhymes for skater

• cater
• crater
• frater
• freighter
• gator
• grater
• greater
• hater
• krater
• later
• plater
• prater