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athlete

A person who trains for or competes in sports.

Noun participant_role Level 405
captain

A captain is a player chosen to lead a sports team and represent it on the field or court.

Noun participant_role Level 405
champion

In sports, a champion is the person or team that wins a competition or holds its title.

Noun participant_role Level 405
defender

In sports, a defender is a player whose role is to stop the opposing team from scoring.

Noun participant_role Level 405
forward

In many team sports, a forward is a player whose main role is to attack and try to score.

Noun participant_role Level 405
goalie

In sports, a goalie is a player whose main job is to prevent the opposing team from scoring by defending the goal.

Noun participant_role Level 405
goalkeeper

In sports, a goalkeeper is a player whose main job is to protect their team's goal and stop opponents from scoring.

Noun participant_role Level 405
opponent

In sports, an opponent is the player or team that you compete against.

Noun participant_role Level 405
rookie

In sports, a rookie is a player competing in their first season at a particular level or with a particular team.

Noun participant_role Level 405
seed

In a sports competition, a seed is a player or team ranked before play begins so that the strongest competitors are less likely to meet until later ro...

Noun participant_role Level 405
server

In sports, a server is the player whose turn it is to put the ball or other object into play by serving.

Noun participant_role Level 405
substitute

In sports, a substitute is a player who enters a game to replace another player.

Noun participant_role Level 405
teammate

A teammate is a person who plays on the same sports team as another player.

Noun participant_role Level 405
wild card

In sports, a wild card is a place in a competition awarded to a player or team that did not qualify through the usual qualifying process.

Noun participant_role Level 405
winger

In sports such as soccer, a winger is an attacking player who plays mainly on one side of the field.

Noun participant_role Level 405
influence

A person or thing that has the power to affect someone or something.

Noun participant_role Level 456
center back

A defender in association football who plays in the central area of the defense and primarily prevents opposing players from scoring.

Noun participant_role Level 1200
fullback

A defender in association football who plays on either side of the defense.

Noun participant_role Level 1200
midfielder

A player in association football who usually plays between the defenders and forwards and helps link defense with attack.

Noun participant_role Level 1200
sweeper

A defender in association football who plays behind the other defenders and clears away attackers or loose balls that get past them.

Noun participant_role Level 1200
wall

A line of defenders positioned together to block the path of a direct free kick in association football.

Noun participant_role Level 1200
center

In basketball, the center is usually the tallest player on a team and plays close to the basket, where they defend the rim and try to score rebounds a...

Noun participant_role Level 1201
point guard

In basketball, a point guard is a backcourt player who directs the team's offense, handles the ball, and often sets up teammates to score.

Noun participant_role Level 1201
power forward

In basketball, a power forward is a frontcourt player who typically plays near the basket, rebounds, and scores inside, while also sometimes shooting ...

Noun participant_role Level 1201
shooting guard

In basketball, a shooting guard is a perimeter player whose main roles include scoring, especially by taking outside shots, and defending opposing gua...

Noun participant_role Level 1201
small forward

In basketball, a small forward is a player position usually assigned to a versatile player who scores, defends, and helps rebound.

Noun participant_role Level 1201
grandmaster

In chess, a grandmaster is a player who has earned the highest standard title awarded by the international chess federation.

Noun participant_role Level 1202
ball boy

In tennis, a person who retrieves balls and supplies them to players during a match.

Noun participant_role Level 1203
ball girl

In tennis, a ball girl is a young person who retrieves balls and helps keep play moving during a match.

Noun participant_role Level 1203
batter

In baseball, the batter is the player currently taking a turn at the plate to try to hit a pitch.

Noun participant_role Level 1204
catcher

In baseball, the catcher is the defensive player who crouches behind home plate to receive pitches and help defend against runners.

Noun participant_role Level 1204
designated hitter

In baseball, a designated hitter is a player who bats in place of the pitcher without playing that pitcher’s defensive position.

Noun participant_role Level 1204
infielder

A baseball player who plays a defensive position in the infield, the area around the bases.

Noun participant_role Level 1204
outfielder

In baseball, an outfielder is a defensive player who plays in the outfield, the area beyond the infield.

Noun participant_role Level 1204
pinch hitter

In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter who takes the place of another player in the batting order.

Noun participant_role Level 1204
pitcher

In baseball, a pitcher is the player who throws the ball to the batter to begin each play.

Noun participant_role Level 1204
shortstop

In baseball, a shortstop is the defensive player who usually fields ground balls in the area between second base and third base.

Noun participant_role Level 1204
dealer

In a card game, the dealer is the player responsible for shuffling and distributing the cards to the players.

Noun participant_role Level 1205
all-rounder

In cricket, a player who is skilled at both batting and bowling.

Noun participant_role Level 1206
batsman

In cricket, a batsman is a player whose role is to bat and score runs for their team.

Noun participant_role Level 1206
bowler

In cricket, a bowler is a player who delivers the ball toward the batter in an attempt to get them out or limit scoring.

Noun participant_role Level 1206
nightwatchman

In cricket, a lower-order batter sent in near the end of a day’s play to protect a more skilled batter from facing a short period of batting before st...

Noun participant_role Level 1206
opener

In cricket, an opener is one of the two batters who take the field first to begin an innings.

Noun participant_role Level 1206
seamer

In cricket, a seamer is a fast bowler who makes the ball move off the pitch after it lands by using its seam.

Noun participant_role Level 1206
spinner

In cricket, a spinner is a bowler who makes the ball turn sharply after it pitches by imparting spin.

Noun participant_role Level 1206
tail-ender

In cricket, a tail-ender is a player who bats near the end of the team’s batting order and is generally a weaker batter.

Noun participant_role Level 1206
wicketkeeper

In cricket, the wicketkeeper is the fielder positioned behind the batter’s wicket who catches or stops the ball and may dismiss the batter by stumping...

Noun participant_role Level 1206
cornerback

A defensive player in American football who lines up near the sideline and primarily covers opposing wide receivers.

Noun participant_role Level 1207
kicker

An American football player whose role is to kick field goals and extra points.

Noun participant_role Level 1207
linebacker

A defensive player in American football who lines up behind the defensive line and helps stop running plays, cover receivers, and rush the passer.

Noun participant_role Level 1207