athlete
A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
Other meanings
An exceptionally physically fit person.
A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
“She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.”
Related words
- athletehood
- athletocracy
- cyberathlete
- ethlete
- mathlete
- nonathlete
- superathlete
- athlete's foot
- athleticism
- biathlete
- decathlete
- heptathlete
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἀθλητής".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “athlete” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.