Phrase guide

tennis player

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who plays tennis. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an athlete who plays tennis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: athlete, jock, player, participant

Narrower terms: receiver, tennis pro, professional tennis player, Ashe, Arthur Ashe, Arthur Robert Ashe, Budge, Don Budge, John Donald Budge, Connolly, Maureen Catherine Connolly, Little Mo Connolly, Connors, Jimmy Conors, James Scott Connors, Court, Margaret Court, Davis, Dwight Davis, Dwight Filley Davis, Evert, Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie Evert, Gibson, Althea Gibson, Graf, Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf, King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King, Laver, Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver, Lendl, Ivan Lendl, Moody, Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington Wills, Navratilova, Martina Navratilova, Seles, Monica Seles, Tilden, Big Bill Tilden, William Tatem Tilden Jr., Wade, Virginia Wade

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tenist — a person who plays tennis
  • Albanian: teniste — a person who plays tennis
  • Armenian: թենիսիստ (tʻenisist) — a person who plays tennis
  • Armenian: թենիսիստուհի (tʻenisistuhi) — a person who plays tennis
  • Asturian: tenista — a person who plays tennis
  • Azerbaijani: tennisçi — a person who plays tennis
  • Bashkir: тенниссы (tennissı) — a person who plays tennis
  • Basque: tenislari — a person who plays tennis
  • Belarusian: тэнісі́ст (tenisíst) — a person who plays tennis
  • Belarusian: тэнісі́стка (tenisístka) — a person who plays tennis
  • Bulgarian: тениси́ст (tenisíst) — a person who plays tennis
  • Bulgarian: тениси́стка (tenisístka) — a person who plays tennis
  • Catalan: tennista — a person who plays tennis
  • Catalan: tenista — a person who plays tennis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網球運動員 /网球运动员 (wǎngqiú yùndòngyuán) — a person who plays tennis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網球員 /网球员 (wǎngqiúyuán) — a person who plays tennis
  • Czech: tenista — a person who plays tennis
  • Czech: tenistka — a person who plays tennis
  • Danish: tennisspiller — a person who plays tennis
  • Dutch: tennisspeler — a person who plays tennis
  • Dutch: tennisspeelster — a person who plays tennis
  • Dutch: tennisser — a person who plays tennis
  • Dutch: tennisster — a person who plays tennis
  • Estonian: tennisist — a person who plays tennis
  • Finnish: tennispelaaja — a person who plays tennis
  • Finnish: tennisammattilainen — a person who plays tennis
  • French: joueur de tennis — a person who plays tennis
  • French: tennisman — a person who plays tennis
  • French: tenniswoman — a person who plays tennis
  • Galician: tenista — a person who plays tennis
  • Georgian: ჩოგბურთელი (čogburteli) — a person who plays tennis
  • German: Tennisspieler — a person who plays tennis
  • German: Tennisspielerin — a person who plays tennis
  • Greek: τενίστας (tenístas) — a person who plays tennis
  • Greek: τενίστρια (tenístria) — a person who plays tennis
  • Hungarian: teniszező — a person who plays tennis
  • Hungarian: teniszjátékos — a person who plays tennis
  • Icelandic: tennismaður — a person who plays tennis
  • Icelandic: tenniskona — a person who plays tennis
  • Indonesian: pemain tenis — a person who plays tennis
  • Italian: tennista — a person who plays tennis
  • Japanese: テニス選手 (tenisu senshu) — a person who plays tennis
  • Kazakh: теннисші (tennisşı) — a person who plays tennis
  • Korean: 테니스 선수 (teniseu seonsu) — a person who plays tennis
  • Kyrgyz: теннисчи (tennisci) — a person who plays tennis
  • Kyrgyz: теннисист (tennisist) — a person who plays tennis
  • Latvian: tenisists — a person who plays tennis
  • Latvian: tenisiste — a person who plays tennis
  • Lithuanian: tenisininkas — a person who plays tennis
  • Lithuanian: tenisininkė — a person who plays tennis
  • Macedonian: тенисе́р (tenisér) — a person who plays tennis
  • Macedonian: тенисе́рка (tenisérka) — a person who plays tennis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tennisspiller — a person who plays tennis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tennisspeller — a person who plays tennis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tennisspelar — a person who plays tennis
  • Persian: تنیسور (tenisor) — a person who plays tennis
  • Persian: تنیسباز (tenis-bâz) — a person who plays tennis
  • Polish: tenisista — a person who plays tennis
  • Polish: tenisistka — a person who plays tennis
  • Portuguese: tenista — a person who plays tennis
  • Romanian: tenisman — a person who plays tennis
  • Romanian: tenismană — a person who plays tennis
  • Russian: тенниси́ст (tɛnnisíst) — a person who plays tennis
  • Russian: тенниси́стка (tɛnnisístka) — a person who plays tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: тенисер — a person who plays tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: тенисерка — a person who plays tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: teniser — a person who plays tennis
  • Serbo-Croatian: teniserka — a person who plays tennis
  • Slovak: tenista — a person who plays tennis
  • Slovak: tenistka — a person who plays tennis
  • Slovene: tenisač — a person who plays tennis
  • Slovene: tenisačica — a person who plays tennis
  • Spanish: tenista — a person who plays tennis
  • Swedish: tennisspelare — a person who plays tennis
  • Tajik: теннисбоз (tennisboz) — a person who plays tennis
  • Tatar: теннисчы (tennisçı) — a person who plays tennis
  • Turkish: tenisçi — a person who plays tennis
  • Turkmen: tennisçi — a person who plays tennis
  • Ukrainian: теніси́ст (tenisýst) — a person who plays tennis
  • Ukrainian: теніси́стка (tenisýstka) — a person who plays tennis
  • Uzbek: tennischi — a person who plays tennis
  • Uzbek: tennisist — a person who plays tennis
  • Vietnamese: người chơi quần vợt — a person who plays tennis
  • Vietnamese: người đánh ten-nít — a person who plays tennis
  • Vietnamese: tay vợt — a person who plays tennis