EGAVE

athletic

About 4.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having to do with athletes.
    Are you a member of the American Athletic Association?
  2. adjective Physically active.
    Since you're such an athletic person, you may wish to consider joining.
  3. adjective Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape.
    You have such an athletic build—you must work out regularly.
  4. adjective An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability.
    The center fielder made an athletic play to snatch the ball from over the fence.
  5. adjective Of a level in a Super Mario game: with an emphasis on platforming challenge, often involving precise jumps between floating platforms above a bottomless pit, and having upbeat background music.
  6. noun A muscular, large-boned person, in the typology of Ernst Kretschmer.

Similar words

gymnastic acrobatic active muscular mesomorphic sports sport sporting athlete gymnasium

Often followed by

association club and director performance contests events teams field sports

Word family

athletically

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