Antonyms for sprinter

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sprint

Phonetic Transcription : sprɪnt

receiver

Definition of sprinter

Origin : 1560s, "to spring, dart," from Old Norse spretta "to jump up." Meaning "to run a short distance at full speed" first recorded 1871. Related: Sprinted; sprinting.

As in racer : noun competitor in a race
As in runner : noun one who runs

Example sentences :

Emetic was the fastest sprinter there that day; a sprinter, not a stayer.
Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

Withrow, hearing this, was off like a sprinter who hears the signal.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

Like a sprinter his volition was fixed on a goal, beyond which lay collapse.
Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White

I was like a sprinter that breasts the tape, only to be carried fainting from the field.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Then he rose, crouchingly, next made a sprinter's start and bolted.
Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock

"You're more of a sprinter than a shooter, if I'm any judge," said Locke.
Extract from : « Isle o' Dreams » by Frederick F. Moore

Can any sprinter, carrying the same weights, surpass this achievement?
Extract from : « Chicago, Satan's Sanctum » by L. O. Curon

In this play he had to move and he proved he was no sprinter.
Extract from : « Nat Goodwin's Book » by Nat C. Goodwin

Indeed I was built more like a "quarter-miler" than a sprinter.
Extract from : « At Start and Finish » by William Lindsey

A sprinter may get into the Big League and never steal a base.
Extract from : « Pitching in a Pinch » by Christy Mathewson

Synonyms for sprinter

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