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SWIMMER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who travels through the water by swimming
Example:
he is not a good swimmer
Synonyms:
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
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)
