player
noun
a person or thing that plays.
nonplayer
-
a word derived from
player.
Example Sentences
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Neighboring countries now treated as nonplayer characters can, in fact, act in countless ways to disarm this threat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
He danced like a nonplayer character, or NPC, in a computer game for 39 minutes at a town hall meeting the other night after taking a handful of questions.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024
AI-generated voices will take over voicing nonplayer characters if unregulated, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Another start-up, Didimo, said that Soleil Game Studios, which makes fighting games based on properties like Naruto and Samurai Jack, had created hundreds of nonplayer characters using its A.I.-powered generator.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
There has also been a campaign in some World of Warcraft forums to get two nonplayer characters named after Afrasiabi removed from the game.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2021
