SWIMMER
Dictionary entry overview: What does swimmer mean?
• SWIMMER (noun)
The noun SWIMMER has 2 senses:
1. a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
2. a person who travels through the water by swimming
Familiarity information: SWIMMER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SWIMMER (noun)
Meaning:
A trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he was an Olympic swimmer
Hypernyms ("swimmer" is a kind of...):
athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swimmer"):
backstroker (someone who swims the backstroke)
breaststroker (someone who swims the breaststroke)
diver; plunger (someone who dives (into water))
skinny-dipper (a naked swimmer)
Instance hyponyms:
Ederle; Gertrude Caroline Ederle; Gertrude Ederle (United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003))
Meaning:
A person who travels through the water by swimming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bather; natator; swimmer
Context example:
he is not a good swimmer
Hypernyms ("swimmer" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swimmer"):
floater (a swimmer who floats in the water)
aquanaut; skin-diver (an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder)
surfboarder; surfer (someone who engages in surfboarding)
