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Synonyms for sport
spɔrt, spoʊrtsport

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Wiktionary4.0 / 2 votes

  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 Antonyms5.0 / 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.

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. sport

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

    Antonyms:
    work, seriousness, business, earnestness

Princeton's WordNet2.7 / 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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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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#88167bluster
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#172788gambol
#180433wantonness
#207872cavort
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#281038vaunt

How to use sport in a sentence?

  1. Jim Irsay:

    You search for the right chemistry with any team, in football, it’s as important as any sport that there is. If that chemistry is off, if it isn’t there, it can be extremely detrimental and lower performance to a degree that is stunning and shocking.

  2. Ben Wallace:

    I think it's great for us to get more athletes that are interested in our sport — the NBA, the NFL, whatever it is to get them talking about it to bring our sport up where we need to be in urban areas, more diversity, i know I can get some free tickets to Pistons game now although I did tell him it's a little weird because of the long rival history between M.J. and Chicago with the Pistons.

  3. Czech Petra Kvitova:

    I think it's great that it will happen, it's something new in the history. That's the sport. That's the format how we play in the groups and everything. It's very interesting.

  4. Jim Heverin:

    This particular stage of a project is challenging as the cost is being discussed before the benefit is clearly described and understood, as well as continuing to work with the team to ensure the stadium is delivered cost-effectively, we aim to describe in a lot more detail the design for the new National Stadium, which will be a fantastic new home for sport in Japan.

  5. Eumir Felix Marcial:

    Boxing has been ingrained in the Filipino mindset for decades or maybe even centuries, it has always been a sport Filipinos love and I don't think that the rise of MMA will affect it. As a general rule, people will start with boxing and hopefully, most of those who start with the sport will continue.


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