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Definitions of medestrever

noun
a person who participates in competitions

synonyms: concurrent, mededinger, medestrijder

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atleet
a person trained to compete in sports

inzender
one who enters a competition

verliezer
a contestant who loses the contest

antagonist, anti, bestrijder, opponent, tegenstander, tegenstrever
a contestant that you are matched against

speler
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

concurrent, medeminnaar, rivaal, uitdager
the contestant you hope to defeat

overwinnaar, triomfator, winnaar, winner
the contestant who wins the contest

acrobaat, jongleur, luchtacrobaat, stuntvlieger, trapezewerker
an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination

amateur, hobbyist, liefhebber
an athlete who does not play for pay

honkballer
an athlete who plays baseball

basketbalspeler
an athlete who plays basketball

kaarter
someone who plays (or knows how to play) card games

kampioen, titelhouder
someone who has won first place in a competition

schaakspeler, schaakster, schaker
someone who plays the game of chess

alpinist, arrivist, bergbeklimmer, kletteraar, leiplant, streber
someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains

cricketer
an athlete who plays cricket

finalist
a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition

bestrijder, opponent, oppositie, oppositiepartij, tegenpartij, tegenspeler, tegenstemmer, vijand, vijandin, wederpartij
a personal enemy

rugbyspeler, voetballer
an athlete who plays American football

favoriet
a competitor thought likely to win

golfer, golfspeler
someone who plays the game of golf

gymnast, turner
an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics

hockeyer, ijshockeyspeler
an athlete who plays hockey

hordenloper
an athlete who runs the hurdles

springruiter, verspringer
an athlete who competes at jumping

medailleur, stempelsnijder
someone who has won a medal

vijfkamper
an athlete who competes in a pentathlon

prof, professional
an athlete who plays for pay

estafetteloper, hardloper
a trained athlete who competes in foot races

runner-up
the competitor who finishes second

doelpuntenmaker
a player who makes a score in a game or contest

kogelslingeraar, kogelstoter
an athlete who competes in the shot put

schaatsenrijder, schaatser
someone who skates

skiër, wintersporter
someone who skis

jachtliefhebber, nimrod, sportbeoefenaar, sporter, sportman, sportvrouw
someone who engages in sports

watersporter, zwemmer, zwemster
a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets

tennisser, tennisspeler
an athlete who plays tennis

polsstokhoogspringer, polsstokspringer
an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole

gewichtheffer, heftoestel
an athlete who lifts barbells

buitenspeler, vleugelspeler
(sports) player in wing position

type of:
eenling, enkeling, figuur, individu, mens, particulier, persoon, zelfstandige
a human being
noun
a person who dissents from some established policy

synonyms: andersdenkende, concurrent, dissident, mededinger, medestrijder

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T.E.G.-er, TEG'er, TEG-er, dienstweigeraar, gewetensbezwaarde
one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience

bohémien
a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life

muiter, oproerling, opstandeling, rebel, verzetsstrijder
someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

type of:
eenling, enkeling, figuur, individu, mens, particulier, persoon, zelfstandige
a human being

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