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, 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

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. Antonio Urso:

   People outside the sport know weightlifting for the wrong reasons, only for all the positive tests, we need to change the image of weightlifting, to promote our heroes. We must focus more on the human side of our top athletes.

2. 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.

3. Anthony Starr:

   Sport is imposing order on what was chaos.

4. 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.

5. Ramogi Huma:

   College athletes meet the definition of employee under labor law, they are highly skilled in their sport, paid scholarships and stipends to perform athletic services, and they perform their work under extensive control of their employer. These athletes deserve every right afforded to them under labor laws — just like other hard-working Americans.