1. a person who does not play a sport or game, especially a member of a team who does not participate in play
2. in video games and role-playing games, a character controlled by the game system rather than by a player
Usage: gaming; often abbreviated as NPC

1. of, relating to, or being a person who does not play

Examples

• The coach kept the nonplayer on the bench during the entire game.
• In the video game, nonplayers populate the town and provide quests.
• The nonplayer characters in the RPG have realistic dialogue and behavior.
• She was a nonplayer for most of the season due to injury.
• The game features hundreds of nonplayer NPCs with unique personalities.
• As a nonplayer member of the team, he still attended all the practices.