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BASKETBALL PLAYER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does basketball player mean?

• BASKETBALL PLAYER (noun)
The noun BASKETBALL PLAYER has 1 sense:

1. an athlete who plays basketball

Familiarity information: BASKETBALL PLAYER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BASKETBALL PLAYER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An athlete who plays basketball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

basketball player; basketeer; cager

Hypernyms ("basketball player" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basketball player"):

center ((basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team)

dribbler (a basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it)

dunker (a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots)

forward (the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team)

guard (the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team)

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