player

1. A person who participates in or is skilled at some game (synset 110459618)
   is a type of: contestant - a person who participates in competitions
   subtypes:

   • ballplayer, baseball player - an athlete who plays baseball
   • billiard player - someone who plays billiards
   • bowler - a player who rolls balls down an alley at pins
   • card player - someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games
   • chess player - someone who plays the game of chess
   • dart player - someone who plays the game of darts
   • football player, footballer - an athlete who plays American football
   • golf player, golfer, linksman - someone who plays the game of golf
   • grandmaster - a player of exceptional or world class skill in chess or bridge
   • hockey player, ice-hockey player - an athlete who plays hockey
   • lacrosse player - an athlete who plays lacrosse
   • most valuable player, mvp - the player judged to be the most important to the sport
   • playmaker - a player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score
   • pool player - someone who shoots pool
   • scorer - a player who makes a score in a game or contest
   • seed, seeded player - one of the outstanding players in a tournament
   • server - (court games) the player who serves to start a point
   • shooter - (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)
   • soccer player - an athlete who plays soccer
   • stringer - a member of a squad on a team
   • tennis player - an athlete who plays tennis
   • volleyball player - someone who plays the game of volleyball
   same as: participant
2. Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) (synset 110360025)
   is a type of: performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
   subtypes:

   • accompanist, accompanyist - a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
   • accordionist - a musician who plays the accordion
   • concertinist - a person who plays the concertina
   • bandsman - a player in a band (especially a military band)
   • bassist - a musician who play the bass viol
   • bassoonist - a musician who plays the bassoon
   • bell ringer - someone who plays musical handbells
   • carillonneur - a musician who plays a carillon
   • cellist, violoncellist - someone who plays a violoncello
   • clarinetist, clarinettist - a musician who plays the clarinet
   • flautist, flute player, flutist - someone who plays the flute
   • gambist - a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba
   • guitar player, guitarist - a musician who plays the guitar
   • harmoniser, harmonizer - a musician who sings or plays in harmony
   • harper, harpist - someone who plays the harp
   • harpsichordist - someone who plays the harpsichord
   • hornist - a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn)
   • jazz musician, jazzman - a musician who plays or composes jazz music
   • keyboardist - a musician who plays a keyboard instrument
   • koto player - a musician who plays the koto
   • lutanist, lutenist, lutist - a musician who plays the lute
   • oboist - a musician who plays the oboe
   • organist - a person who plays an organ
   • percussionist - a musician who plays percussion instruments
   • pianist, piano player - a person who plays the piano
   • bagpiper, piper - someone who plays the bagpipe
   • recorder player - someone who plays the recorder
   • rhythm and blues musician - a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music
   • rock 'n' roll musician, rocker - a performer or composer or fan of rock music
   • saxist, saxophonist - a musician who plays the saxophone
   • singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer - a person who sings
   • sitar player - a musician who plays the sitar
   • soloist - a musician who performs a solo
   • trombone player, trombonist - a musician who plays the trombone
   • cornetist, trumpeter - a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
   • vibist, vibraphonist - a musician who plays the vibraphone
   • fiddler, violinist - a musician who plays the violin
   • violist - a musician who plays the viola
   belongs to: musical group, musical organisation, musical organization - an organization of musicians who perform together
   same as: instrumentalist, musician
3. A theatrical performer (synset 109784701)
   is a type of: performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
   subtypes:

   • actress - a female actor
   • barnstormer, play-actor, playactor, trouper - an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
   • character actor - an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles
   • comedian - an actor in a comedy
   • ham, ham actor - an unskilled actor who overacts
   • heavy - an actor who plays villainous roles
   • ingenue - an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
   • leading man - actor who plays the leading male role
   • mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist - an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
   • plant - an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
   • reenactor - a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier
   • scene-stealer - an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene
   • movie actor, screen actor - an actor who plays a role in a film
   • lead, principal, star - an actor who plays a principal role
   • extra, spear carrier, supernumerary - a minor actor in crowd scenes
   • tragedian - an actor who specializes in tragic roles
   • standby, understudy - an actor able to replace a regular performer when required
   • upstager - a selfish actor who upstages the other actors
   • walk-on - plays a small part in a dramatic production
   specific instances:

   • allen, allen stewart konigsberg, woody allen - United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)
   • astaire, fred astaire - United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)
   • barrymore, herbert blythe, maurice barrymore - United States actor; husband of Georgiana Emma Barrymore and father of Ethel Barrymore and John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore (1847-1905)
   • barrymore, lionel barrymore - United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1878-1954)
   • barrymore, john barrymore - United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942)
   • bogart, humphrey bogart, humphrey deforest bogart - United States film actor (1899-1957)
   • booth, john wilkes booth - United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
   • burbage, richard burbage - English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619)
   • burton, richard burton - Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984)
   • cagney, james cagney, jimmy cagney - United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)
   • chevalier, maurice chevalier - French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
   • cooper, frank cooper, gary cooper - United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961)
   • coward, noel coward, sir noel pierce coward - English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
   • cronyn, hume blake cronyn, hume cronyn - Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003)
   • bing crosby, crosby, harry lillis crosby - United States singer and film actor (1903-1977)
   • dean, james byron dean, james dean - United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955)
   • de niro, robert de niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943)
   • depardieu, gerard depardieu - French film actor (born in 1948)
   • drew, john drew - United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
   • douglas elton fairbanks, douglas fairbanks, fairbanks, julius ullman - United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
   • douglas fairbanks jr., fairbanks - United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000)
   • fonda, henry fonda - United States film actor (1905-1982)
   • clark gable, gable, william clark gable - United States film actor (1901-1960)
   • david garrick, garrick - English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779)
   • gibson, mel columcille gerard gibson, mel gibson - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)
   • arthur john gielgud, gielgud, sir john gielgud - English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)
   • cary grant, grant - United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
   • granville-barker, harley granville-barker - English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946)
   • alec guinness, guinness, sir alec guinness - English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000)
   • hanks, thomas j. hanks, tom hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956)
   • harrison, reginald carey harrison, rex harrison, sir rex harrison - English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)
   • heming, hemminge, john heming, john hemminge - English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)
   • dustin hoffman, hoffman - versatile United States film actor (born in 1937)
   • anthony hopkins, hopkins, sir anthony hopkins, sir anthony philip hopkins - Welsh film actor (born in 1937)
   • howard, leslie howard, leslie howard stainer - English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
   • al jolson, asa yoelson, jolson - United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950)
   • boris karloff, karloff, william henry pratt - United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969)
   • edmund kean, kean - English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833)
   • buster keaton, joseph francis keaton, keaton - United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966)
   • eugene curran kelly, gene kelly, kelly - United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)
   • charles laughton, laughton - United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962)
   • bruce lee, lee, lee yuen kam - United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
   • jack lemmon, john uhler, lemmon - United States film actor (1925-2001)
   • harold clayton lloyd, harold lloyd, lloyd - United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)
   • laszlo lowestein, lorre, peter lorre - United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964)
   • bela ferenc blasko, bela lugosi, lugosi - United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956)
   • alfred lunt, lunt - United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977)
   • e. g. marshall, marshall - United States actor (1914-1998)
   • martin, steve martin - United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)
   • james mason, james neville mason, mason - English film actor (1909-1984)
   • mitchum, robert mitchum - United States film actor (1917-1997)
   • dudley moore, dudley stuart john moore, moore - English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935)
   • newman, paul leonard newman, paul newman - United States film actor (born in 1925)
   • baron olivier of birghton, laurence olivier, olivier, sir laurence kerr olivier - English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
   • o'toole, peter o'toole, peter seamus o'toole - British actor (born in Ireland in 1932)
   • poitier, sidney poitier - United States film actor and director (born in 1927)
   • charles robert redford, redford, robert redford - United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936)
   • ralph richardson, richardson, sir ralph david richardson - British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983)
   • edward g. robinson, edward goldenberg robinson, robinson - United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
   • george c. scott, scott - award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
   • peter sellers, sellers - English comic actor (1925-1980)
   • francis albert sinatra, frank sinatra, sinatra - United States singer and film actor (1915-1998)
   • otis skinner, skinner - United States actor (1858-1942)
   • konstantin sergeevich alekseev, konstantin sergeyevich stanislavsky, konstantin stanislavsky, stanislavsky - Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)
   • james maitland stewart, jimmy stewart, stewart - United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
   • israel strassberg, lee strasberg, strasberg - United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982)
   • erich von stroheim, stroheim - United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957)
   • spencer tracy, tracy - United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967)
   • sir herbert beerbohm tree, tree - English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
   • peter alexander ustinov, sir peter ustinov, ustinov - British actor and playwright (1921-2004)
   • duke wayne, john wayne, wayne - United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
   • george orson welles, orson welles, welles - United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985)
   same as: actor, histrion, role player, thespian
4. A person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously (synset 110460154)
   is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
5. Someone who takes part in an activity (synset 110421528)
   "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"
   is a type of: associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
   subtypes:

   • attendant, attendee, attender, meeter - a person who is present and participates in a meeting
   • discussant - a participant in a formal discussion
   • bride - a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
   • bridegroom, groom - a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
   • masker, masquer, masquerader - a participant in a masquerade
   • partaker, sharer - someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
   • retreatant - a participant in a religious retreat
   same as: participant

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