trainers

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈtreɪnəz/ 🇺🇸 /ˈtreɪnɜrz/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    Athletic shoes designed for sports or casual wear; sneakers.; A person who trains or coaches others, especially in sports or fitness.; A person who trains animals, especially horses or dogs.; A person who provides instruction or training in a particular skill or subject.; A device or apparatus used for training or practice, such as a flight simulator.; A type of lightweight sailing boat used for training purposes.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: trainers

Collocations

personal trainerfitness trainerdog trainerhorse trainera pair of trainers

Derivatives

traintrainingtraineetraineduntrainedretrain

Synonyms

coachinstructormentorsneakers

Antonyms

traineestudentpupil

Commonly confused

trainee
EN: 'Trainer' is the person who teaches or instructs; 'trainee' is the person being taught.
sneakers
EN: 'Trainers' is the British English term for athletic shoes; 'sneakers' is the American English equivalent.

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Note that 'trainers' as footwear is primarily British English; American English uses 'sneakers'.

💬 Examples

  1. She put on her trainers and went for a run in the park.

  2. The trainers at the gym helped him develop a workout routine.

  3. The horse trainers spent months preparing the animals for the race.

  4. The company hired external trainers to teach the new software to employees.

  5. The pilots practiced on flight trainers before their first real mission.

  6. The sailing school used small trainers to teach beginners the basics of navigation.