bather

/'beiðə/

Thân thiện

A bather relaxes in a warm bubble bath.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who takes a bath: A bather is someone who is washing themselves in a bath, shower, or similar facility.
   • A person who swims or plays in a body of water: A bather is someone who is in the water at a beach, lake, or pool, typically for recreation or swimming.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The hotel provides robes for every bather. (This refers to a person taking a bath.)
  • Lifeguards watched the bathers in the ocean carefully. (This refers to people swimming or playing in the sea.)
  • The sign warned bathers of strong currents. (This refers to people in the water.)

Advanced Usage

• "Sun bather": This is a compound term for a person who sunbathes. It is related but distinct, as it focuses on lying in the sun rather than being in the water.
  • The sun bathers covered themselves in lotion.

Variants and Related Words

• Bathe (verb): To wash oneself or to swim in water for pleasure.
  • They love to bathe in the sea.
• Bathing (noun/gerund): The activity of swimming or washing in water.
  • Bathing in the lake is prohibited.

Synonyms

• Swimmer: A person who swims. (More specific to the act of swimming.)
• Bather is a specific term; for a person taking a bath, a simple description like "person in the bath" may be used.

Related Phrases

• "Bathers" (Australian/NZ English): This is a regional term meaning a swimming costume or swimsuit. It is a different, though related, usage of the word form.
  • She packed her bathers for the beach trip.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person who takes a bath
2. a person who travels through the water by swimming
   • he is not a good swimmer

Từ đồng nghĩa

• swimmer
• natator