swimmer
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈswɪmər/
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nadador
- The swimmer confidently dove into the pool, ready for the championship race.
- elite swimmers
- competitive swimmers
- female swimmers
I was a professor at Penn when the transgender swimmer Leah Thomas switched teams.
- I was a professor at Penn when the transgender swimmer Leah Thomas switched teams.
- Shouldn't we allow Paralympic swimmers to wear prosthesis?
- She is the trans swimmer who beat you.
- And so for example, like with Arwen right now, she is a great swimmer for her age, OK?
- Some of my buddies like shave their arms like swimmers.
- We have kayakers, we have boats and a bunch of swimmers, people jumping in for certain legs.
- Like like I'm, I'm a, or I'm a triathlete or I'm a swimmer or I'm a runner.
- And I know I was a really bad swimmer.
- And I learned quickly that I was not the most talented swimmer.
- And I was a very high level swimmer.
- We went from where people who swims, I'm someone who swims to I'm a swimmer.
- Here is your Olympic swimmer starter kit......
Examples
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Serba tells me she's a superb swimmer, but I still wish it was me teaching her.
Fiction book (1996) -
The two boys are strong swimmers, so this is just for our youngest.
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Uh, I was a swimmer when I was in school.
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How strong of a swimmer are you?
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Sir, I was the best swimmer in my course.
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I was always a great swimmer -- and no one could beat me at high diving.
Fiction book (1994) -
'Cause I'm not much of a swimmer.
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I have seen the best swimmers of my generation go under.
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- You're a strong swimmer.
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Like, that's why he's like the best swimmer in the world.
Synonyms
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1.7
A person who is swimming or bathing in water, for example at a beach
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4.9
A person who swims on their back in races
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4.2
A person who swims on their chest using arm pulls and a leg kick with both legs moving together
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3.6
A swimmer who races using the front crawl stroke
A person who swims, often for sport or exercise
A person who swims the butterfly stroke in races
How Deep
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5.8
- Specialized
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9.7
7
3.2
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- US
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2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swimmer is made from the verb swim and the agent ending -er, so it literally means 'one who swims'. Think of runner or singer, which use the same pattern to name a person who does an action, and that is why a swimmer is a person who swims in water.