sportsman
15
2.8
- noun
- /ˈspɔrtsˌmən/
:
deportista
- As a dedicated sportsman, he trained every day to improve his skills and compete at a higher level.
Having opponents is, you know, sportsmen have opponents, right?
- Having opponents is, you know, sportsmen have opponents, right?
- But now what happens next is a kid, a very good sportsman, takes me to a gym.
- I think, well, look, Jay Paul gets to fight retired sportsman.
- Gary's our our lone ex professional sportsman here as a former footballer in the UK.
- They don't give a monkey for the sportsmen and women.
- OK, Sportsman is the highest ranking so far.
- The sports sportsmanship, the sportsmanship, I thought you're such a good sportsman.
- So for me, a champion person is more important than a champion boxer or a champion sprinter or a champion sportsman or woman.
- We have is it on that Roger Federer now is back in, he's back in on and this combination, we're finding that more top sportsmen.
- You know, you think about any any sportsman who's done their sports since they were a kid, like you happened England a couple of nights ago won the Autumn Nations Cup.
Examples
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As one sportsman to another, I'll make you a proposition.
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Being outstanding in one's sport also could lead to selection by Sports Illustrated as the Sportsman and/or Sportswoman of the Year.
Academic text (2007) -
Do you like the side of being famous and the sportsman where you meet all these cool people?
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Tell me where a sportsman or woman has to do all these things.
Blog text (1) -
Do you consider yourself a sportsman and a gentleman?
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Now no one could possibly mistake me for a sportsman.
Fiction book (1993) -
But now what happens next is a kid, a very good sportsman, takes me to a gym.
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He was quite a sportsman, actually.
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You're the one that taught me to be a good sportsman.
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We've unanimously voted you sportsman of the year, because we figured... no one has ever traveled as far as you, to be at speed week.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person who takes part in a sport or game
913
2.0
A person who trains for and competes in sports
127
1.0
A person who plays football for a team
125
1.0
A person who swims for sport, fun, or exercise
98
1.0
A person who plays golf for fun or as a job
79
7.4
A person who plays sports often, especially at school or college
70
1.0
A person who plays basketball for a team, often professionally
64
1.9
A person who runs or drives in a competition to see who is fastest
54
3.0
A person who plays baseball, often as a professional
34
1.7
A person who plays hockey for fun or as a job
26
1.0
A person who plays tennis as a sport or for a living
23
1.1
A person who plays soccer for a team or for fun
16
3.5
An athlete who is paid to play a sport
13
3.9
An athlete who competes in the Olympic Games
13
4.1
A player in team sports who controls the game and makes chances for teammates
10
1.0
A person who plays football, often as a paid professional
9
3.0
A person who plays the sport lacrosse
5
1.3
A person who plays volleyball for sport or fun
4
3.5
A person who hits balls with a cue on a pool table
4
8.0
A person who plays basketball professionally or at a high level
3
3.4
A person who plays cricket, usually as a team member
2
6.6
A person who plays a sport for money but not as a full-time professional
1
3.0
A person who plays tennis and earns money from it
1
1.0
A person who plays golf for fun or as a job
1
2.5
A person who plays basketball, usually as a professional or skilled player
1
2.7
A person who plays darts for fun or as a job
A player who often makes successful shots in sports like basketball
A person who fishes for fun or in contests, not to sell fish
A person who plays or enjoys sports
How Skilled
600
2.4
16
3.5
15
2.8
∞
1.0
122
2.8
295
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sportsman combines sport (originally 'play' or 'fun') and man ('person'), so a sportsman is someone who plays sports, often in a skilled or competitive way.