athlete
nounHow many syllables in athlete?
There are 2 syllables in the word athlete.How to pronounce athlete:
Definition of athlete:
- athlete (noun):
- a person trained to compete in sports.
- a person trained to compete in sports or exercises
- a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina
Synonyms for athlete:
acrobat
amateur
ball hawk
ballplayer
baseball player
basketball player
basketeer
cager
climber
competitor
contender
contestant
cricketer
football player
footballer
games player
gymnast
hooker
hurdler
ice-hockey player
jock
jumper
lacrosse player
letterman
lifter
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Antonyms for athlete:
accidie
apathy
beachcomber
bludger
bum
couch potato
cyberslacker
dawdler
deadbeat
drone
dullness
faineance
fainéance
fainéant
feeble person
goldbricker
heaviness
hebetude
idleness
idler
inactivity
indolence
inertia
lack of effort
lackadaisicalness
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- Tommy
- ticking
- rag on
- louder
- legit
- Harper
- gator
- forwaked
- backache
- Angie
- sooner
- solace
- racing
- ordain
- lethal
- highway
- crochet
- liver
- vomit
- workers
- quartet
- profit
- Nancy
- maple
- license
- Eabha
- beggar
- where've
- Thoreau
- stumble
- static
- menu
- channel
- blender
- bio
- packhorse
- label
- roulade
- Peter
- petal
- peeling
- Orlaith
- gambling
- Eddie
- dolores
- demand
- charade
- Cali
- Bruno
- ailing
- … more
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