swimmer

noun

swim·​mer ˈswi-mər 

plural swimmers

: a person or animal that swims

a competitive swimmer

a fast/strong swimmer

… he liked to tell us that he had been a powerful swimmer in his youth, but I never saw him in actual water save once, and he then came out very promptly, shivering and upset.

—H. L. Mencken

a dog that is an excellent swimmer

Examples of swimmer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The rescues have mostly been of swimmers not properly judging the strong currents. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

But with warnings about rip currents in recent days, swimmers were urged to take caution. — Amanda Callahan, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

The advisory warned that significant rainfall since Saturday was expected to produce runoff from storm drains and rivers and create unhealthy conditions for swimmers. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

Rip currents will be widespread and very strong, potentially pulling swimmers and surfers out to sea. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing swimmer

• swimmer's ear
• swimmer's itch

Rhymes for swimmer

• brimmer
• dimmer
• glimmer
• grimmer
• nimmer
• rimmer
• shimmer
• simmer
• skimmer
• slimmer
• timmer
• trimmer