skater

noun

skat·​er ˈskā-tər 

1

: one that skates

2

: water strider

Examples of skater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Visitors to San Jose will be in for an interesting — and perhaps confusing — experience Sunday thanks to the second edition this year of Viva CalleSJ, the program that closes about six miles of city streets to cars and trucks and lets cyclists, skaters, scooters and strollers roam free. —Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

This week, nearly 50 skaters laced up at Cascade Skating Rink for a chance to be a part of history. —Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 10 June 2026

The 21-year-old Virginian is the first figure skater to land a quadruple axel in competition, the first to successfully complete seven quad jumps in a single program, and the only skater to master all six skating jumps in quad form. —Alice Park, Time, 9 June 2026

Nikolaj Ehlers Ehlers scored the first two goals of this Stanley Cup Final by demonstrating the kind of panache no other Hurricanes skater is capable of. —Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 June 2026

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