gamer

[gey-mer] / ˈgeɪ mər /

NOUN

video game player

Synonyms

STRONGEST

competitor opponent participant

WEAK

team player

Example Sentences

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An avid gamer, he had won $20,000 at a gaming competition only months before the incident, his attorneys said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

“Part of being a gamer and being a great competitor in big moments is the preparation,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

As a first-year computer science student in Hanoi, Hoang Le started trading crypto from his university dorm room, egged on by his gamer friends who were making a killing.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Luckey, a gamer known for his penchant for Hawaiian shirts, co-founded the virtual reality company Oculus, which was purchased by Facebook in 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

I’m a pro at trolling gamer boys online.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas