netminder vs athlete

netminder and athlete both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
netminder	Yes	No	No	No
athlete	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, athlete is a hypernym of netminder; that is, athlete is a word with a broader meaning than netminder:

Other hypernyms of netminder include jock, participant, player.

netminder (noun)	athlete (noun)
the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal	a person trained to compete in sports