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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun player has 5 senses

• player(n = noun.person) participant - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game; Array
is a kind of contestant
has particulars: ballplayer, baseball player, billiard player, bowler, card player, chess player, dart player, football player, footballer, golf player, golfer, linksman, grandmaster, hockey player, ice-hockey player, lacrosse player, most valuable player, mvp, playmaker, pool player, scorer, seed, seeded player, server, shooter, soccer player, stringer, tennis player, volleyball player
Derived form verb play₁

• player(n = noun.person) instrumentalist, musician - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession); Array
is a member of musical group, musical organisation, musical organization
has particulars: accompanist, accompanyist, accordionist, bandsman, bassist, bassoonist, bell ringer, carillonneur, cellist, violoncellist, clarinetist, clarinettist, flautist, flute player, flutist, gambist, guitar player, guitarist, harmoniser, harmonizer, harper, harpist, harpsichordist, hornist, jazz musician, jazzman, keyboardist, koto player, lutanist, lutenist, lutist, oboist, organist, percussionist, pianist, piano player, bagpiper, piper, recorder player, rhythm and blues musician, rock 'n' roll musician, rocker, saxist, saxophonist, singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer, sitar player, soloist, trombone player, trombonist, cornetist, trumpeter, vibist, vibraphonist, fiddler, violinist, violist
is a kind of performer, performing artist
Derived form verb play₃

• player(n = noun.person) actor, histrion, role player, thespian - a theatrical performer; Array
has particulars: actress, barnstormer, play-actor, playactor, trouper, character actor, comedian, ham, ham actor, heavy, ingenue, leading man, mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist, plant, reenactor, scene-stealer, movie actor, screen actor, lead, principal, star, extra, spear carrier, supernumerary, tragedian, standby, understudy, upstager, walk-on, allen, allen stewart konigsberg, woody allen, astaire, fred astaire, barrymore, herbert blythe, maurice barrymore, barrymore, lionel barrymore, barrymore, john barrymore, bogart, humphrey bogart, humphrey deforest bogart, booth, john wilkes booth, burbage, richard burbage, burton, richard burton, cagney, james cagney, jimmy cagney, chevalier, maurice chevalier, cooper, frank cooper, gary cooper, coward, noel coward, sir noel pierce coward, cronyn, hume blake cronyn, hume cronyn, bing crosby, crosby, harry lillis crosby, dean, james byron dean, james dean, de niro, robert de niro, depardieu, gerard depardieu, drew, john drew, douglas elton fairbanks, douglas fairbanks, fairbanks, julius ullman, douglas fairbanks jr., fairbanks, fonda, henry fonda, clark gable, gable, william clark gable, david garrick, garrick, gibson, mel columcille gerard gibson, mel gibson, arthur john gielgud, gielgud, sir john gielgud, cary grant, grant, granville-barker, harley granville-barker, alec guinness, guinness, sir alec guinness, hanks, thomas j. hanks, tom hanks, harrison, reginald carey harrison, rex harrison, sir rex harrison, heming, hemminge, john heming, john hemminge, dustin hoffman, hoffman, anthony hopkins, hopkins, sir anthony hopkins, sir anthony philip hopkins, howard, leslie howard, leslie howard stainer, al jolson, asa yoelson, jolson, boris karloff, karloff, william henry pratt, edmund kean, kean, buster keaton, joseph francis keaton, keaton, eugene curran kelly, gene kelly, kelly, charles laughton, laughton, bruce lee, lee, lee yuen kam, jack lemmon, john uhler, lemmon, harold clayton lloyd, harold lloyd, lloyd, laszlo lowestein, lorre, peter lorre, bela ferenc blasko, bela lugosi, lugosi, alfred lunt, lunt, e. g. marshall, marshall, martin, steve martin, james mason, james neville mason, mason, mitchum, robert mitchum, dudley moore, dudley stuart john moore, moore, newman, paul leonard newman, paul newman, baron olivier of birghton, laurence olivier, olivier, sir laurence kerr olivier, o'toole, peter o'toole, peter seamus o'toole, poitier, sidney poitier, charles robert redford, redford, robert redford, ralph richardson, richardson, sir ralph david richardson, edward g. robinson, edward goldenberg robinson, robinson, george c. scott, scott, peter sellers, sellers, francis albert sinatra, frank sinatra, sinatra, otis skinner, skinner, konstantin sergeevich alekseev, konstantin sergeyevich stanislavsky, konstantin stanislavsky, stanislavsky, james maitland stewart, jimmy stewart, stewart, israel strassberg, lee strasberg, strasberg, erich von stroheim, stroheim, spencer tracy, tracy, sir herbert beerbohm tree, tree, peter alexander ustinov, sir peter ustinov, ustinov, duke wayne, john wayne, wayne, george orson welles, orson welles, welles
is a kind of performer, performing artist
Derived forms verb play₄, verb play₂₅

• player(n = noun.person) Array - a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously; Array
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

• player(n = noun.person) Array - an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"
is a kind of participant
Derived form verb play₁

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THESAURUS

player

Roscius, actor, actress, adventurer, amateur athlete, antagonist, archer, artist, artiste, athlete, bad guy, ballplayer, barnstormer, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, betting ring, bettor, blocking back, boneshaker, bowman, cardshark, cardsharp, cardsharper, carouser, catcher, center, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, coach, competitor, compulsive gambler, concert artist, contender, contestant, corrival, crap shooter, cricketer, cutup, defensive lineman, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer, emulator, end, entertainer, entrant, executant, feeder, foil, footballer, frisker, frolicker, funmaker, gambler, gamboler, games-player, gamester, guard, hazarder, heavy, histrio, histrion, impersonator, infielder, ingenue, instrumentalist, interpreter, jock, jumper, juvenile, lineman, maestro, matinee idol, merrymaker, mime, mimer, mimic, minstrel, minstrelsy, monologist, mummer, music maker, musician, offensive lineman, outfield, outfielder, pantomime, pantomimist, participant, performer, petty gambler, piker, playactor, playboy, pleasure-seeker, pleasurer, pleasurist, plunger, poloist, professional athlete, protean actor, pugilist, punter, quarterback, racer, reciter, reveler, rival, rollicker, sharp, sharper, sharpie, skater, skylarker, soloist, soubrette, speculator, sport, sporting man, sportsman, sportswoman, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player, tackle, tailback, the field, theatrical, thespian, tinhorn, tipster, tout, toxophilite, trouper, tunester, utility man, venturer, vier, villain, virtuosa, virtuoso, wagerer, wingback, wrestler

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The Drama

N the drama, the stage, the theater, the play, film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography, theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis, play, drama, stage play, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau, interlude, afterpiece, exode, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe, ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame, melodrama, melodrame, comidie larmoyante, sensation drama, tragicomedy, farcical-comedy, monodrame monologue, duologue trilogy, charade, proverbs, mystery, miracle play, musical, musical comedy, western, horse opera, flick, spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film, pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film, act, scene, tableau, induction, introduction, prologue, epilogue, libretto, performance, representation, mise en scene, stagery, jeu de theatre, acting, gesture, impersonation, stage business, gag, buffoonery, light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy, theater, playhouse, opera house, house, music hall, amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round, puppet show, fantoccini, marionettes, Punch and Judy, auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet, greenroom, coulisses, flat, drop, drop scene, wing, screen, side scene, transformation scene, curtain, act drop, proscenium, stage, scene, scenery, the boards, trap, mezzanine floor, flies, floats, footlights, offstage, orchestra, theatrical costume, theatrical properties, movie studio, back lot, on location, part, role, character, dramatis personae, repertoire, actor, thespian, player, method actor, stage player, strolling player, stager, performer, mime, mimer, artists, comedian, tragedian, tragedienne, Roscius, star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol, supporting actor, supporting cast, ham, hamfatter, masker, pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine, punchinello, pulcinello, pulcinella, extra, bit- player, walk-on role, cameo appearance, mute, figurante, general utility, super, supernumerary, company, first tragedian, prima donna, protagonist, jeune premier, debutant, debutante, light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian, walking gentleman, amoroso, heavy father, ingenue, jeune veuve, mummer, guiser, guisard, gysart, masque, mountebank, Jack Pudding, tumbler, posture master, acrobat, contortionist, ballet dancer, ballet girl, chorus singer, coryphee danseuse, property man, costumier, machinist, prompter, call boy, manager, director, stage manager, acting manager, producer, entrepreneur, impresario, backer, investor, angel, dramatic author, dramatic writer, play writer, playwright, dramatist, mimographer, dramatic, theatric, theatrical, scenic, histrionic, comic, tragic, buskined, farcical, tragicomic, melodramatic, operatic, stagy, on the stage, on the boards, on film, before the floats, before an audience, behind the scenes, fere totus mundus exercet histrionem, suit the action to the word, the word to the action, the play's the thing, to wake the soul by tender strokes of art.

Musician

N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.

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