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. Chief Executive Andy Martin:

   This has lifted a cloud and taken away a lot of the concerns of stakeholders and their association with the sport, we now want a strong collaborative leader who can bring the football world together and can bring out the change that the game has been crying out for.

2. Eileen Gu:

   I felt happy, i'm out here to represent Eileen Gu and the sport to people.

3. Little League International:

   We value our relationship with Major League Baseball and its efforts to expand opportunities for youth baseball and softball, and the best thing that Little League International can do for Major League Baseball and the entire baseball community is to teach children how to play the sport by the rules and with a high level of sportsmanship.

4. The PWHPA:

   We can’t speak for them, but our position has always been that a single professional women’s hockey league in North America provides the best opportunities for growth and sustainability of the game, this investment supports everything we all want to see, and that’s enhance opportunities for athletes and take the sport to the next level.

5. Bellator Europe boss David Green:

   Anyone who was in the arena for her last fight knows she probably got as much vocal support as any other fighter, and more than that, I think she's just a great ambassador for the sport and for Bellator.