Meanings
plural parachutists
- Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.
Some hit the rocky outcrops Some fell into the sea Some even 'Roman Candled' (A parachutist I would never be)
2022, Chris Pratt, Four Brothers in the Pacific War2 more examples
If any of the extreme sports can be considered truly high risk, then B.A.S.E. Jumping is that sport. […] Modern B.A.S.E. jumping is believed to have started in 1978, where daring parachutists first began jumping off of El Capitan, a 3,000 foot (915m) cliff high above Yosemite National Park.
1996, Joe Tomlinson, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports, Carlton Books, →ISBN, page 12I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back.
2002, Eric Anderson, The Man Who Cried Orange, page 239
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مِظَلِّيّ
- مِظَلِّيّ (miẓalliyy)parachute user
Bulgarian парашути́ст, парашути́стка
- парашути́ст (parašutíst)parachute user
- парашути́стка (parašutístka)parachute user
Catalan paracaigudista
- paracaigudistaparachute user
Czech parašutista, parašutistka
- parašutistaparachute user
- parašutistkaparachute user
- výsadkářparachute user
- výsadkářkaparachute user
Danish faldskærmsudspringer
- faldskærmsudspringerparachute user
Dutch parachutist, parachutiste
- parachutistparachute user
- parachutisteparachute user
Estonian parašütist, langevarjur
- parašütistparachute user
- langevarjurparachute user
Finnish laskuvarjohyppääjä
- laskuvarjohyppääjäparachute user
French parachutiste
- parachutisteparachute user
German Fallschirmspringer, Fallschirmspringerin
- Fallschirmspringerparachute user
- Fallschirmspringerinparachute user
Greek αλεξιπτωτιστής
- αλεξιπτωτιστής (alexiptotistís)parachute user
Hungarian ejtőernyős
- ejtőernyősparachute user
Icelandic fallhlífarstökkvari
- fallhlífarstökkvariparachute user
Italian paracadutista
- paracadutistaparachute user
Latvian izpletņlēcējs
- izpletņlēcējsparachute user
Lithuanian parašiutininkas
- parašiutininkasparachute user
Norwegian Bokmål fallskjermhopper
- fallskjermhopperparachute user
Persian چترباز, پراشوتیست
- چترباز (čatrbâz)parachute user
- پراشوتیست (parâšutist)parachute user
Polish spadochroniarz, spadochroniarka
- spadochroniarzparachute user
- spadochroniarkaparachute user
Portuguese paraquedista
- paraquedistaparachute user
Romanian parașutist, parașutistă
- parașutistparachute user
- parașutistăparachute user
Russian парашюти́ст, парашюти́стка
- парашюти́ст (parašutíst)parachute user
- парашюти́стка (parašutístka)parachute user
Slovak parašutista, parašutistka
- parašutistaparachute user
- parašutistkaparachute user
- výsadkárparachute user
- výsadkárkaparachute user
Spanish paracaidista
- paracaidistaparachute user
Swedish fallskärmshoppare
- fallskärmshoppareparachute user
Thai พลร่ม, นักกระโดดร่ม
- พลร่ม (pon-lá-rôm)parachute user
- นักกระโดดร่ม (nák-grà-dòot-rôm)parachute user
Turkish paraşütçü
- paraşütçüparachute user
Ukrainian парашути́ст, парашути́стка
- парашути́ст (parašutýst)parachute user
- парашути́стка (parašutýstka)parachute user
Vietnamese người nhảy dù
- người nhảy dùparachute user
Cite this entry
parachutist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parachutist
“parachutist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parachutist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parachutist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parachutist.
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