PLAYER Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

player

noun

ˈplā-ər

Definition of player

as in instrumentalist

a person who plays a musical instrument a horn player

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as in actor

one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show) a troupe of players used to give performances on the town green

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as in participant

one who takes part in something a significant player in the negotiations

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Recent Examples of player Knight, senior Jaivian Thomas and fifth-year player Anthony Woods all run north of five yards per carry, contribute in the receiving and run blocking departments and have scored at least three touchdowns apiece. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Before video games, popular shooting games – the kind found at fairs and carnivals – generally involved friendly competition, with players competing to see who could hit targets most accurately. — Mark J. P. Wolf, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 The players on Exhibit 10 deals, including Quinones, hope to wrest one of the Heat’s two-way contracts that currently are held by Tre Donaldson, Vlad Goldin and Keshad Johnson. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 That work will unfold while the Nets evaluate more than their youngest players. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for player

Recent Examples of Synonyms for player

Noun

Love, at 85 years old, is the sole member of the original Beach Boys lineup who still tours under that name, performing all their classic, SPF-friendly hits with younger instrumentalists.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Ken Pomeroy won emerging act of the year, and the award for instrumentalist of the year went to Mandy Far.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of instrumentalist

Noun

Niu Jianrong, an experienced TV and film director, made his debut as a lead actor in the film.

— Jenny S. Li, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Before moving behind the camera, Ropp established himself as an actor in Gavin O’Connor’s The Way Back, Megan Park’s The Fallout and Peter Farrelly’s The Greatest Beer Run Ever.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of actor

Noun

The Associated Press spoke last week to participants and doctors at the health center where the trial is taking place in the eastern province of Ituri, the epicenter of the outbreak.

— CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Most of the participants are young adults, many of whom were born decades after the Doors’ last album was released.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of participant

Noun

Presenter Zane Lowe has conducted loads of candid interviews with new and established musicians, and the company's Los Angeles studio has captured dozens of memorable performances for posterity.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026
The actress also made some cheeky comments amid the MGK rumors while speaking to Vogue for the October 2026 cover, admitting that does seem to keep ending up dating musicians.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of musician

Noun

That suggests that the filmmaker and performer is not on the general public’s radar in as big a way as the breathless media coverage suggests.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
Her crime was objecting, out loud, when another performer railed against Israel from a stage.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of performer

Noun

That exhibition featured works by Heu Hwang, Kwon Young-woo, Lee Dong-youb, Park Seo-bo, and Suh Seung-won—a group of artists generally considered to have launched Korean monochrome painting, or dansaekhwa, as a movement.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Working with artists gives us the opportunity to see that process through another creative perspective.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of artist

Noun

That feature motivated the actress to approach Novig about taking an equity stake in the company, said Jacob Fortinsky, the company’s co-founder.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
The narrative film jury was comprised of directors Cary Joji Fukunaga and Fernando Eimbcke, actress Ella Rumpf, producer Julie Billy and Walter Fasano, director, film editor and screenwriter.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of actress

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