Definitions for athlete

athlete ath·lete

Spelling: [ath-leet]
IPA: /ˈæθ lit/

Athlete is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in athlete (aeehltt).

Definitions for athlete

noun

  1. a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength; a participant in a sport, exercise, or game requiring physical skill.

Origin of athlete

1520-30; Latin āthlēta Greek āthlētḗs, equivalent to āthlē- (variant stem of āthleîn to contend for a prize, derivative of âthlos a contest) + -tēs suffix of agency

Examples for athlete

Nowhere to be found is the anguish, the drama, the pain of an athlete on that level who considering walking away.

But I think that the more important question is will I see a benefit as an athlete?

A judge of men would have read him an athlete, perhaps in an unusual line.

Ryan Totka, a celebrity booking agent and founder of sports marketing company athlete Promotions, agrees.

When an athlete, of any race, thanks God after an impressive feat, nobody takes note.

The athlete was not so far off that she needed to call very loud.

The prince was an athlete, but the man holding him was at this moment made of iron.

What if I were a kid who looked up to an athlete, and that athlete made me want to do better in my own life, and then he left?

He liked to think that he was in the hands of Mark Snyder, as an athlete in the hands of his trainer.

No athlete or any laborer could ever possibly get the muscles you have all over.

Word Value for athlete
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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