Meanings
plural marathoners
- Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races.
“I just go as long as I can before my legs get too heavy and my head gets in a haze,” said Chris Zablocki, the best marathoner most elite marathoners have never heard of.
2018 March 16, Lindsay Crouse, “Is Chris Zablocki the Best Extreme Marathoner?”, in The New York Times1 more example
She called on all the marathoners to go to Staten Island to help with the clean-up effort and to bring the clothes they would have shed at the start to shelters or other places where displaced people were in need.
2012 November 2, Ken Belson, “After Days of Pressure, Marathon Is Off”, in The New York Times, retrieved 02 Nov 2012
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchmarathon
- Englishmarathon
- Englishmarathoner
Translations
Basque maratoilari
- maratoilarisomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Czech maratonec
- maratonecsomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Danish maratondeltager, maratonløber
- maratondeltagersomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
- maratonløbersomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Dutch marathonloper
- marathonlopersomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Finnish maratoonari
- maratoonarisomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
French marathonien, marathonienne
- marathoniensomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
- marathoniennesomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Greek μαραθωνοδρόμος
- μαραθωνοδρόμος (marathonodrómos)someone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Italian maratoneta
- maratonetasomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Korean 마라토너
- 마라토너 (maratoneo)someone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Polish maratończyk
- maratończyksomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Portuguese maratonista
- maratonistasomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Romanian maratonist, maratonistă
- maratonistsomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
- maratonistăsomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Russian марафо́нец
- марафо́нец (marafónec)someone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Spanish maratoniano, maratoniana
- maratonianosomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
- maratonianasomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
- maratonistasomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Turkish maratoncu
- maratoncusomeone who participates in marathons and other long-distance races
Cite this entry
marathoner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marathoner
“marathoner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marathoner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marathoner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marathoner.
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