Antonyms 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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. sport

   Antonyms:
   work, seriousness, business, earnestness

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

Matched Categories

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. sport, athleticsnoun

   an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

   Synonyms:
   summercater, athletic contest, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, lark, frolic, romp, run around, amuse, lark about, divert, rollick, disport, cavort, frisk, gambol, feature, skylark

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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

How to use sport in a sentence?

1. Mohamed Yousef:

   People watch satellite channels and look on the internet and that has changed the culture and given new courage to women in the past few years to pick up boxing gloves, the Sudan Boxing Federation asked us put more emphasis on girls to encourage them to continue in the sport.

2. Mary Bono:

   It is with profound regret, coupled with a deep love for the sport of gymnastics and respect for those who aspire to be great gymnasts, that I today tendered my resignation as the interim CEO of USA Gymnastics.

3. Ryan Scott Ashley:

   I never got the hunting fish with my grandfather much because he died when I was young. Paul Paradise introduced me to the sport and took me as a kid hunting, trapping and fishing. Paul Paradise was one of the number one trappers in the state of New Hampshire. we always went for white perch.

4. Kanoa Igarashi:

   It’s a special moment for our sport but I’ve got mixed feelings, it’s so hard to gather that into words. I’m proud of myself, and I was of proud myself even before this event, but it’s just been such a roller-coaster in the last four years on the road for the Olympics.

5. Ashley Theophane:

   Sport stars lose, boxers lose, the best teams lose ; it's normal to lose in sports... but because of the Floyd Mayweather era a defeat is seen as a much bigger thing, and that's the good side of Floyd Mayweather Jr. too, because I lost my first fight under Floyd Mayweather Jr. but Floyd Mayweather Jr. said,' Don't worry, we'll get you back there.'.

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