team player

noun

A person who can function effectively with others in a group, sharing information and striving towards a common goal.

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Meanings

nounteam player (plural team players)

plural team players

  1. managementA person who can function effectively with others in a group, sharing information and striving towards a common goal.

    If you’re not seen as a team player, you won’t have the support of your colleagues when problems arise.

    2012 October 17, Jacquelyn Smith, “14 Bad Habits That Can Cost You Your Job”, in Forbes, retrieved 20 Nov 2015
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see team, player.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
collaborator

Translations

Afrikaans span speler
  • span spelerperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
German Teamplayer, Teamplayerin
  • Teamplayerperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
  • Teamplayerinperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
Hungarian csapatember
  • csapatemberperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
Spanish trabajador en equipo, chambear en equipo
  • trabajador en equipoperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
  • chambear en equipoperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
  • tener espíritu de equipoperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
  • laburante de equipoperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
Swedish lagspelare
  • lagspelareperson who functions effectively as a part of a group
Cite this entry
APA

team player. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/team%20player

MLA

“team player.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/team%20player. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “team player,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/team%20player.

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