ICE-HOCKEY PLAYER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An athlete who plays hockey

Synonyms:

hockey player; ice-hockey player

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ice-hockey player" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

participant; player (a person who participates in or is skilled at some game)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ice-hockey player"):

center ((ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team)

goalie; goalkeeper; goaltender; netkeeper; netminder (the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal)

wing (a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side)

Instance hyponyms:

Gretzky; Wayne Gretzky (high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961))

Gordie Howe; Gordon Howe; Howe (Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928))

Bobby Orr; Orr; Robert Orr (Canadian hockey player (born 1948))