Phrase guide

basketball player

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who plays basketball, especially professionally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basketballer, hooper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: baller, player, athlete

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noun

Meaning 2

an athlete who plays basketball

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basketeer, cager

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: athlete, jock

Narrower terms: center, dribbler, dunker, forward, guard

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَاعِب كُرَة سَلَّة — person who plays basketball
  • Armenian: բասկետբոլիստ (basketbolist) — person who plays basketball
  • Azerbaijani: basketbolçu — person who plays basketball
  • Bashkir: баскетболсы (basketbolsı) — person who plays basketball
  • Belarusian: баскетбалі́ст (baskjetbalíst) — person who plays basketball
  • Belarusian: баскетбалі́стка (baskjetbalístka) — person who plays basketball
  • Bulgarian: ба́скетболист (básketbolist) — person who plays basketball
  • Bulgarian: ба́скетболистка (básketbolistka) — person who plays basketball
  • Catalan: basquetbolista — person who plays basketball
  • Catalan: jugador de basquetbol — person who plays basketball
  • Cebuano: basketbolista — person who plays basketball
  • Chinese Mandarin: 籃球運動員 /篮球运动员 (lánqiú yùndòngyuán) — person who plays basketball
  • Czech: basketbalista — person who plays basketball
  • Czech: basketbalistka — person who plays basketball
  • Czech: košíkář — person who plays basketball
  • Czech: košíkářka — person who plays basketball
  • Danish: basketballspiller — person who plays basketball
  • Dutch: basketballer — person who plays basketball
  • Dutch: basketbalster — person who plays basketball
  • Dutch: basketbalspeler — person who plays basketball
  • Dutch: basketbalspeelster — person who plays basketball
  • Dutch: basketter — person who plays basketball
  • Esperanto: basketbalisto — person who plays basketball
  • Estonian: korvpallimängija — person who plays basketball
  • Estonian: korvpallur — person who plays basketball
  • Finnish: koripalloilija — person who plays basketball
  • French: basketteur — person who plays basketball
  • French: basketteuse — person who plays basketball
  • Galician: baloncestista — person who plays basketball
  • Galician: xogador de baloncesto — person who plays basketball
  • Galician: xogadora de baloncesto — person who plays basketball
  • Georgian: კალათბურთელი (ḳalatburteli) — person who plays basketball
  • German: Basketballspieler — person who plays basketball
  • German: Basketballspielerin — person who plays basketball
  • German: Basketballer — person who plays basketball
  • German: Basketballerin — person who plays basketball
  • Greek: μπασκετμπολίστας (basketmpolístas) — person who plays basketball
  • Greek: καλαθοσφαιριστής (kalathosfairistís) — person who plays basketball
  • Greek: παίκτης του μπάσκετ (paíktis tou básket) — person who plays basketball
  • Greek: μπασκετμπολίστρια (basketmpolístria) — person who plays basketball
  • Greek: καλαθοσφαιρίστρια (kalathosfairístria) — person who plays basketball
  • Greek: παίκτρια του μπάσκετ (paíktria tou básket) — person who plays basketball
  • Hungarian: kosárlabdázó — person who plays basketball
  • Hungarian: kosárlabda-játékos — person who plays basketball
  • Icelandic: körfuboltamaður — person who plays basketball
  • Indonesian: pebasket — person who plays basketball
  • Indonesian: pemain basket — person who plays basketball
  • Italian: cestista — person who plays basketball
  • Italian: giocatore di basket — person who plays basketball
  • Italian: giocatrice di basket — person who plays basketball
  • Japanese: バスケットボール選手 (basukettobōru senshu) — person who plays basketball
  • Japanese: バスケ選手 (basuke senshu) — person who plays basketball
  • Kazakh: баскетболшы (basketbolşy) — person who plays basketball
  • Korean: 농구 선수 (nonggu seonsu) — person who plays basketball
  • Kyrgyz: баскетболчу (basketbolcu) — person who plays basketball
  • Latvian: basketbolists — person who plays basketball
  • Latvian: basketboliste — person who plays basketball
  • Lithuanian: krẽpšininkas — person who plays basketball
  • Lithuanian: krẽpšininkė — person who plays basketball
  • Macedonian: ко́шаркар (kóšarkar) — person who plays basketball
  • Macedonian: коша́ркарка (košárkarka) — person who plays basketball
  • Malay: pemain bola keranjang — person who plays basketball
  • Malay: pemain basket — person who plays basketball
  • Occitan: basquetaire — person who plays basketball
  • Persian: بسکتبالیست (basketbâlist) — person who plays basketball
  • Polish: koszykarz — person who plays basketball
  • Polish: koszykarka — person who plays basketball
  • Portuguese: basquetebolista — person who plays basketball
  • Portuguese: basquetista — person who plays basketball
  • Romanian: baschetbalist — person who plays basketball
  • Romanian: baschetbalistă — person who plays basketball
  • Russian: баскетболи́ст (basketbolíst) — person who plays basketball
  • Russian: баскетболи́стка (basketbolístka) — person who plays basketball
  • Serbo-Croatian: коша̀рка̄ш — person who plays basketball
  • Serbo-Croatian: кошарка̀шица — person who plays basketball
  • Serbo-Croatian: košàrkāš — person who plays basketball
  • Serbo-Croatian: košarkàšica — person who plays basketball
  • Slovak: basketbalista — person who plays basketball
  • Slovak: basketbalistka — person who plays basketball
  • Slovene: košárkar — person who plays basketball
  • Slovene: košárkarica — person who plays basketball
  • Spanish: baloncestista — person who plays basketball
  • Spanish: basquetbolista — person who plays basketball
  • Spanish: jugador de baloncesto — person who plays basketball
  • Spanish: jugadora de baloncesto — person who plays basketball
  • Swedish: basketspelare — person who plays basketball
  • Tagalog: basketbolista — person who plays basketball
  • Tajik: баскетболбоз (basketbolboz) — person who plays basketball
  • Tatar: баскетболчы (basketbolçı) — person who plays basketball
  • Turkish: basketbolcu — person who plays basketball
  • Turkish: basketçi — person who plays basketball
  • Turkmen: basketbolçy — person who plays basketball
  • Ukrainian: баскетболі́ст (basketbolíst) — person who plays basketball
  • Ukrainian: баскетболі́стка (basketbolístka) — person who plays basketball
  • Uzbek: basketbolchi — person who plays basketball