swimmer

noun

swim·​mer ˈswi-mər 

plural swimmers

: a person or animal that swims

a competitive swimmer

a fast/strong swimmer

… he liked to tell us that he had been a powerful swimmer in his youth, but I never saw him in actual water save once, and he then came out very promptly, shivering and upset.

—H. L. Mencken

a dog that is an excellent swimmer

Examples of swimmer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. —Ca Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 3 Mar. 2025

At a rally ahead of the vote, around 200 supporters heard from Riley Gaines, a former college swimmer. —Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2025

Meanwhile, her sister Alex Walsh now holds the record for the most individual titles in ACC women’s swimming history, with 12 individual titles and 32 total titles, and is the first swimmer in the conference to win the 200 breaststroke four times in a row. —Casey Murphy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

Museums, ghost towns, cavern systems and a popular lake for divers and swimmers are just a few of the stopping points along the way. —Andrea Agostni Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing swimmer

• swimmer's ear
• swimmer's itch

Rhymes for swimmer

• brimmer
• dimmer
• glimmer
• grimmer
• nimmer
• rimmer
• shimmer
• simmer
• skimmer
• slimmer
• timmer
• trimmer