Noun

• S: (n) professional, pro (an athlete who plays for pay)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) athlete, jock (a person trained to compete in sports)
• S: (n) acrobat (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination)
• S: (n) amateur (an athlete who does not play for pay)
• S: (n) ball hawk (a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball)
• S: (n) ballplayer, baseball player (an athlete who plays baseball)
• S: (n) basketball player, basketeer, cager (an athlete who plays basketball)
• S: (n) climber (someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains) "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes"
• S: (n) cricketer (an athlete who plays cricket)
• S: (n) football player, footballer (an athlete who plays American football)
• S: (n) gymnast (an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics)
• S: (n) hockey player, ice-hockey player (an athlete who plays hockey)
• S: (n) hooker ((rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot)
• S: (n) hurdler (an athlete who runs the hurdles)
• S: (n) jumper (an athlete who competes at jumping) "he is one hell of a jumper"
• S: (n) lacrosse player (an athlete who plays lacrosse)
• S: (n) letterman (an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport)
• S: (n) Olympian (an athlete who participates in the Olympic games)
• S: (n) pentathlete (an athlete who competes in a pentathlon)
• S: (n) professional, pro (an athlete who plays for pay)
• S: (n) runner (a trained athlete who competes in foot races)
• S: (n) sharpshooter (an athlete noted for accurate aim)
• S: (n) shot putter (an athlete who competes in the shot put)
• S: (n) skater (someone who skates)
• S: (n) skier (someone who skis)
• S: (n) sledder (someone who rides a sled)
• S: (n) soccer player (an athlete who plays soccer)
• S: (n) sport, sportsman, sportswoman (someone who engages in sports)
• S: (n) striker (a forward on a soccer team)
• S: (n) substitute, reserve, second-stringer (an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced)
• S: (n) swimmer (a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets) "he was an Olympic swimmer"
• S: (n) swinger (someone who swings sports implements)
• S: (n) tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)
• S: (n) vaulter, pole vaulter, pole jumper (an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole)
• S: (n) weightlifter, lifter (an athlete who lifts barbells)
• S: (n) winger ((sports) player in wing position)
• S: (n) Fosbury, Dick Fosbury, Richard D. Fosbury (United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947))
• S: (n) Mathias, Bob Mathias, Robert Bruce Mathias (United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930))
• S: (n) Owens, Jesse Owens, James Cleveland Owens (United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980))
• S: (n) Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe (outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953))
• S: (n) Zaharias, Babe Zaharias, Didrikson, Babe Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson, Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias (outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956))
• antonym
• S: (n) pro (an argument in favor of a proposal)

Adjective

• S: (adj) pro (in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)) "a pro vote"

Adverb

• S: (adv) pro (in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.)