Synonyms for Sport
spɔrt, spoʊrtsport

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1. sportadjective

   Synonyms:
   sports

2. sportadjective

   to amuse oneself, to play

   Jen has a new pair of sport shoes, and a new sports bra.

   Synonyms:
   sports

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1. sport

   Entertainment and recreation imply thought and mental occupation, tho in an agreeable, refreshing way; they are therefore words of a high order. Entertainment, apart from its special senses of a public performance or a social party, and predominantly even there, is used of somewhat mirthful mental delight; recreation may, and usually does, combine the mental with the physical. Amusement and pastime are nearly equivalent, the latter probably the lighter word; many slight things may be pastimes which we should hardly dignify by the name of amusements. Sports are almost wholly on the physical plane, tho involving a certain grade of mental action; fox-hunting, horse-racing, and baseball are sports. Certain sports may afford entertainment or recreation to certain persons, according to their individual tastes; but entertainment and recreation are capable of a meaning so high as never to be approached by any meaning of sport. Cheer may be very quiet, as the cheer of a bright fire to an aged traveler; merriment is with liveliness and laughter; fun and frolic are apt to be boisterous. Amusement is a form of enjoyment, but enjoyment may be too keen to be called amusement. Compare synonyms for ENTERTAIN.

   Synonyms:
   amusement, cheer, delight, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, frolic, fun, merriment, pastime, pleasure, recreation

   Antonyms:
   ennui, fatigue, labor, lassitude, toil, weariness, work

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1. sport

   Synonyms:
   play, frolic, wantonness, joke, diversion, merriment, gaiety, fun, amusement, recreation, game, pastime

   Antonyms:
   work, seriousness, business, earnestness

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1. sport, athleticsnoun

   an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

   Synonyms:
   summercater, athletic contest, sport, athletics, mutant, play, mutation, variation, sportsman, fun, athletic competition, sportswoman

2. sportnoun

   the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

   Synonyms:
   summercater, athletics, mutant, play, mutation, variation, sportsman, fun, sportswoman

3. sport, summercaternoun

   (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

   Synonyms:
   summercater, sport, athletics, mutant, play, mutation, variation, sportsman, fun, sportswoman

4. sportnoun

   a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances

   "a good sport"; "a poor sport"

   Synonyms:
   summercater, athletics, mutant, play, mutation, variation, sportsman, fun, sportswoman

5. sport, sportsman, sportswomannoun

   someone who engages in sports

   Synonyms:
   summercater, sport, athletics, mutant, play, mutation, variation, sportsman, fun, sportswoman

6. mutant, mutation, variation, sportnoun

   (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

   Synonyms:
   sportsman, fun, fluctuation, sportswoman, mutant, play, genetic mutation, summercater, magnetic variation, athletics, variation, sport, variant, mutation, version, magnetic declination, chromosomal mutation, variance, edition, pas seul

7. fun, play, sportverb

   verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

   "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"

   Synonyms:
   manoeuvre, looseness, sportsman, fun, variation, summercater, period of play, shimmer, play, sportswoman, bid, mutant, maneuver, caper, romp, athletics, gaming, merriment, sport, frolic, mutation, playing period, free rein, child's play, gambling, swordplay, gambol, dramatic play, playfulness, turn, drama

8. sport, feature, boastverb

   wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

   "she was sporting a new hat"

   Synonyms:
   have, feature, swash, gas, run around, lark, disport, cavort, frisk, vaunt, lark about, romp, gasconade, skylark, sport, frolic, tout, bluster, blow, gambol, brag, boast, rollick, shoot a line

9. frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark aboutverb

   play boisterously

   "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

   Synonyms:
   boast, sport, lark, frolic, romp, run around, amuse, lark about, divert, rollick, disport, cavort, frisk, gambol, feature, skylark

Matched Categories

1. • Athlete
   • Biology
   • Diversion
   • Have
   • Occupation
   • Organism
   • Person
   • Vacationer

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1. sportnoun

   Synonyms:
   play, diversion, amusement, pastime, game, fun, frolic, gambol, prank, jest, recreation, hilarity, entertainment, merriment, mirth, jollity, joviality, pleasantry, merry-making

2. sportnoun

   Synonyms:
   mockery, derision, mock, ridicule, contemptuous mirth

3. sportverb

   Synonyms:
   play, frolic, disport, wanton, skip, frisk, romp, caper, make fun, make merry

4. sportverb

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] exhibit, display, make a show of

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1. sportnoun

   Synonyms:
   amusement, game, recreation, fun, play, diversion, pastime, jollity, pleasantry, hilarity, gayety, merriment, derision, mockery, ridicule, jeer, plaything, toy, monstrosity, (Slang) sportsman

2. sportverb

   Synonyms:
   frolic, play, caper, disport, exhibit wear, display

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1. List of paraphrases for "sport":

   sports, sporting, athletic, athlete, sportif, recreational, sportsman, gym, game, athletes, multi-sport, sportshift, multisport

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1. Christian Horner:

   Sport can change so quickly where confidence is such a big factor, i think if he just starts to find a bit of confidence, starts to go his way, you'll see a switch in him that will ramp up quite quickly because he is very much a confidence driver.

2. Alban Dechelotte:

   The future is about stabilizing the eco-system and growing as a sport globally, we are already global, we are fundamentally digital and 85 % of our audience is under 25 years old.

3. Bill Moreau:

   This sport is much more than the aesthetics that all of us can see above the water, under the water they are battling gravity to execute their routine. These swimmers truly are athletes, and they should be receiving the same level of respect as other sports that produce more revenue and television coverage.

4. Kelly Bailey:

   I was walking over towards the Jetty where my son and his cousins were exploring and I noticed a fishing line pulling from far out in the water, i then saw a man reeling in a large marine reel and another man running towards the water with a spear. After the man was fighting to reel in what we all thought was a sport fish, was told by the other man holding the spear that it was in fact a shark.

5. Chris Froome:

   Unfortunately this is the legacy that has been handed to us by the people before us, people who have won the Tour only to disappoint fans a few years later, if this is part of the process we have to go through to get the sport to the better place, obviously I'm here, I'm doing it.