Synonyms for Athletics
æθˈlɛt ɪksath·let·ics

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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. athletic contest, athletic competition, athleticsnoun

   a contest between athletes

   Synonyms:
   athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics, sport

3. athleticsnoun

   participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity

   Synonyms:
   athletic contest, athletic competition, sport

Matched Categories

1. • Contest
   • Diversion
   • Extracurricular Activity

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1. athleticsnoun

   Synonyms:
   gymnastics, athletism

   Associated words:
   agonistics, stadium

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1. List of paraphrases for "athletics":

   athletic, sports, athletes

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1. The IAAF:

   The IAAF is in discussion with Nestle concerning the final year of its five-year partnership with IAAF Kids’ Athletics, this has been a successful program with 15 million kids aged 7 to 12 years in 76 countries taking part in fun team activities which promotes a healthy, active life style.

2. Shaun Fletcher:

   We’re putting our athletes through a lot of painful literal and figurative hoops and hurdles with really no resolution at the end of it to tell them that this is the standard that is being set for competition, there needs to be a joint effort to determine the metric because athletics and institutions, they go off of metrics and standards that can be applied to the masses.

3. Vitaly Stepanov:

   There is no anti-doping movement in athletics, in Russia it is the completely opposite it is a doping movement and everyone around you says that is the only way to succeed, if you dope and you lie about it.

4. Christopher Faraone:

   Most of the curses are what we call binding spells: they aim at binding or inhibiting the performance of a rival. A lot of them have to do with legal cases. They say things like, Bind the tongue and the thoughts of so-and-so, who is about to testify against me on Monday, we have some that are aimed at rival musicians or actors, and a couple that seem to be connected with athletics. We have some that run something like this, Bind Helen, so that she is unsuccessful when she flirts or makes love with Demetrius. But the great majority of them seem to be connected with lawsuits.

5. The NCAA:

   NCAA member schools and conferences continue to make great strides in modernizing rules to benefit college athletes, like other students on a college or university campus who receive scholarships, those who participate in college sports are students. Both academics and athletics are part of a total educational experience that is unique to the United States and vital to the holistic development of all who participate.