Usually means: Creator of opportunities in sports.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word playmaker:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. playmaker: Merriam-Webster
  2. playmaker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. playmaker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. playmaker: Collins English Dictionary
  5. playmaker: Vocabulary.com
  6. Playmaker, playmaker: Wordnik
  7. playmaker: Wiktionary
  8. playmaker: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. playmaker: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Playmaker, playmaker: Dictionary.com
  11. Playmaker (disambiguation), Playmaker (film), Playmaker, The Playmaker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Playmaker: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. playmaker: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Playmaker: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. playmaker: FreeDictionary.org
  16. playmaker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. playmaker: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. playmaker: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Playmaker: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (playmaker)

▸ noun:  (dated) A playwright.
▸ noun:  (sports) A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.

Similar:
playwriter, propmaker, playwright, photoplaywright, player, dramaturge, dramaturgist, comedian, dramatist, theatermaker, more...

Opposite:
enforcer

Phrases:
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker, Premier League Playmaker of the Season, more...

Adjectives:
great, filthy, best, malicious, excellent, key



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Similar:
playwriter, propmaker, playwright, photoplaywright, player, dramaturge, dramaturgist, comedian, dramatist, theatermaker, more...

Opposite:
enforcer

Phrases:
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker, Premier League Playmaker of the Season, more...

Adjectives:
great, filthy, best, malicious, excellent, key



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