Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who swims: A "swimmer" is a person who moves through water by making motions with their arms and legs.
   • An athlete in swimming: A "swimmer" is also a trained athlete who competes in the sport of swimming.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • He is a strong swimmer and can cross the lake easily. (He is a person skilled at moving through water.)
  • The Olympic swimmer broke the world record. (The athlete who competes in swimming set a new best time.)

Advanced Usage

• "To be a good/poor swimmer": Used to describe a person's skill level in swimming.
  • Despite living by the coast, she is a poor swimmer.
• "An accomplished swimmer": Refers to a swimmer who is highly skilled or trained.
  • He became an accomplished swimmer after years of training.

Variants and Related Words

• Swim (verb): The action performed by a swimmer.
  • I like to swim in the ocean.
• Swimming (noun): The activity or sport in which a swimmer participates.
  • Swimming is excellent exercise.

Synonyms

• Bather: A person who is swimming, especially for pleasure. (Note: Can also mean a person in a bath.)
• Aquanaut: A person trained to live and work underwater for extended periods. (More specific and technical.)

Related Phrases

• Swimmer's ear: A medical condition, an infection of the outer ear canal, often associated with frequent swimming.
  • The doctor diagnosed him with swimmer's ear.
• Like a fish takes to water: An idiom meaning to learn a skill, like swimming, very naturally and easily. (While not containing "swimmer," it is conceptually related.)
  • She took to swimming like a fish takes to water.

Noun

1. a person who travels through the water by swimming
   • he is not a good swimmer
2. a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets
   • he was an Olympic swimmer