Meanings
plural trainers
- A person who trains another; a coach.
It was [Roger] Federer’s ability to pull him around the court that put the lactic acid and debilitating weight in those legs and he should not have been allowed the luxury of his trainer’s help.
2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016Synonyms: coach
- hobbiesA person responsible for treating injuries sustained by players during matches; a physiotherapist.
He served Nelson wholeheartedly as a player, coach and trainer in a lengthy association, the highlights being his involvement in two championship-winning sides.
2009, Garth Dykes, Nelson FC in the Football League, page 22 - slangvideo gamesA patch for a video game that applies cheats.
Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.
2001, LJames4728, “Good C64 Game Sites?”, in alt.c64 (Usenet)1 more example
I actually never got a trainer for RCT, but needed one for my brother when I installed it on his computer. He is 10, and is only concerned with making "cool" coasters. I also completed CF before getting trainers.
2000, Phil, “I need trainer for version 1.10.021”, in alt.games.rctycoon (Usenet) - cyclingA piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.
- agricultureA device for encouraging the roots of a plant to grow in a certain direction.
a root trainer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who trains another; a coach.
nounA running shoe or sneaker.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsimulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
- Latintrahere
- Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
- Old Frenchtraïner
- Old Frenchtrain
- Middle Englishtrayne
- Englishtrain
- Englishtrainer
Translations
Ancient Greek παιδοτρίβης
- παιδοτρίβης (paidotríbēs)person who trains another; coach
Arabic مُدَرِّب, مُدَرِّبَة
- مُدَرِّب (mudarrib)person who trains another; coach
- مُدَرِّبَة (mudarriba)person who trains another; coach
Bulgarian треньо́р, треньо́рка
- треньо́р (trenjór)person who trains another; coach
- треньо́рка (trenjórka)person who trains another; coach
Catalan entrenador, vamba
- entrenadorperson who trains another; coach
- vambarunning shoe
Chinese Mandarin 教練 /教练, 教練員 /教练员
- 教練 /教练 (jiàoliàn)person who trains another; coach
- 教練員 /教练员 (jiàoliànyuán)person who trains another; coach
- 運動鞋 /运动鞋 (yùndòngxié)running shoe
- 球鞋 (qiúxié)running shoe
Czech trenér, trenérka
- trenérperson who trains another; coach
- trenérkaperson who trains another; coach
Danish træner
- trænerperson who trains another; coach
Dutch trainer, trainster
- trainerperson who trains another; coach
- trainsterperson who trains another; coach
Estonian treener
- treenerperson who trains another; coach
Finnish valmentaja, kouluttaja
- valmentajaperson who trains another; coach
- kouluttajaperson who trains another; coach
- harjoittajaperson who trains another; coach
- urheiluvalmentajaperson who trains another; coach
- juoksukenkärunning shoe
- lenkkitossurunning shoe
- lenkkarirunning shoe
French entraîneur, entraîneuse
- entraîneurperson who trains another; coach
- entraîneuseperson who trains another; coach
- basketrunning shoe
German Trainer, Trainerin
- Trainerperson who trains another; coach
- Trainerinperson who trains another; coach
Greek εκπαιδευτής, εκπαιδεύτρια
- εκπαιδευτής (ekpaideftís)person who trains another; coach
- εκπαιδεύτρια (ekpaidéftria)person who trains another; coach
Hebrew מְאַמֵּן, מְאַלֵּף
- מְאַמֵּן (meamén)person who trains another; coach
- מְאַלֵּף (mealéf)person who trains another; coach
Hindi ट्रेनर, प्रशिक्षक
- ट्रेनर (ṭrenar)person who trains another; coach
- प्रशिक्षक (praśikṣak)person who trains another; coach
- शिक्षक (śikṣak)person who trains another; coach
Hungarian tréner, edző
- trénerperson who trains another; coach
- edzőperson who trains another; coach
- tornacipőrunning shoe
Icelandic þjálfari
- þjálfariperson who trains another; coach
Irish traenálaí
- traenálaíperson who trains another; coach
Italian allenatore
- allenatoreperson who trains another; coach
Japanese トレーナー, コーチ
- トレーナー (torēnā)person who trains another; coach
- コーチ (kōchi)person who trains another; coach
- スニーカー (sunīkā)running shoe
- 運動靴 (undōgutsu)running shoe
Korean 트레이너, 코치
- 트레이너 (teureineo)person who trains another; coach
- 코치 (kochi)person who trains another; coach
- 운동화 (undonghwa)running shoe
Latin exercitor
- exercitorperson who trains another; coach
Latvian treneris
- trenerisperson who trains another; coach
Lithuanian treneris, trenerė
- trenerisperson who trains another; coach
- trenerėperson who trains another; coach
Malay pelatih
- pelatihperson who trains another; coach
Māori kaitereina
- kaitereinaperson who trains another; coach
Norwegian Bokmål trener
- trenerperson who trains another; coach
Polish trener, trenerka
- trenerperson who trains another; coach
- trenerkaperson who trains another; coach
- adidasrunning shoe
- trampekrunning shoe
- tenisówkarunning shoe
Portuguese treinador, treinadora
- treinadorperson who trains another; coach
- treinadoraperson who trains another; coach
Romanian antrenor, coach
- antrenorperson who trains another; coach
- coachperson who trains another; coach
- trainerperson who trains another; coach
- adidasrunning shoe
- tenisrunning shoe
Russian тре́нер, тре́нерша
- тре́нер (tréner)person who trains another; coach
- тре́нерша (trénerša)person who trains another; coach
- кроссо́вка (krossóvka)running shoe
- сни́кер (sníker)running shoe
- ке́ды (kédy)running shoe
Scottish Gaelic bròg-chleasachd
- bròg-chleasachdrunning shoe
Slovak tréner, trénerka
- trénerperson who trains another; coach
- trénerkaperson who trains another; coach
Spanish entrenador, entrenadora
- entrenadorperson who trains another; coach
- entrenadoraperson who trains another; coach
- amaestradorperson who trains another; coach
- amaestradoraperson who trains another; coach
- tenisrunning shoe
Swedish tränare
- tränareperson who trains another; coach
Thai ผู้ฝึก, ครูฝึก
- ผู้ฝึก (pûu-fʉ̀k)person who trains another; coach
- ครูฝึก (kruu-fʉ̀k)person who trains another; coach
- ผู้ฝึกสอน (pûu-fʉ̀k-sɔ̌ɔn)person who trains another; coach
- โค้ช (kóot)person who trains another; coach
Turkish antrenör, koç
- antrenörperson who trains another; coach
- koçperson who trains another; coach
Ukrainian тре́нер, тре́нерка
- тре́нер (tréner)person who trains another; coach
- тре́нерка (trénerka)person who trains another; coach
- кросі́вка (krosívka)running shoe
Urdu ٹْرینَر
- ٹْرینَر (ṭrenar)person who trains another; coach
Vietnamese huấn luyện viên
- huấn luyện viênperson who trains another; coach
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trainer
Anagrams
Cite this entry
trainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainer
“trainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trainer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trainer.
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