SWIMMER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who travels through the water by swimming

Example:

he is not a good swimmer

Synonyms:

bather; natator; swimmer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("swimmer" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swimmer"):

floater (a swimmer who floats in the water)

aquanaut; skin-diver (an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder)

surfboarder; surfer (someone who engages in surfboarding)

Derivation:

swim (travel through water)

Meaning:

A trained athlete who participates in swimming meets

Example:

he was an Olympic swimmer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("swimmer" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swimmer"):

backstroker (someone who swims the backstroke)

breaststroker (someone who swims the breaststroke)

diver; plunger (someone who dives (into water))

skinny-dipper (a naked swimmer)

Instance hyponyms:

Ederle; Gertrude Caroline Ederle; Gertrude Ederle (United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003))

Derivation:

swim (travel through water)