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athletes

NOUN

person involved in sports

Synonyms

STRONGEST

animal competitor contestant jock player professional sport

STRONG

amateur challenger contender gorilla jockey shoulders

WEAK

games player iron person muscle person sportsperson superjock

Example Sentences

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Thank you, Kaden and Aaron, and congratulations for being such accomplished athletes and even more so, for being great human beings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

And there’s a case for serious athletes, who could use the Fitness setting to actually add resistance during workouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"How can we fail as a league when we have the athletes as partners and helping to build it? We know the sport better than anyone."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

"As professional athletes, we take risks with our health innately by what we do. There's nothing healthy about training at the peak of your physical ability for 30 hours a week."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

We weren’t Black or white or Muslim or Christian, we were athletes.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad