Sport Synonyms and Antonyms

spôrt
A joke
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fun
  2. play
  3. raillery
  4. pleasantry
  5. mockery
  6. jest
  7. jesting
  8. mirth
  9. joking
  10. mummery
  11. antics
  12. trifling
  13. tomfoolery
  14. game
  15. nonsense
  16. jollity
  17. laughter
  18. drollery
  19. escapade
  20. practical-joke
Antonyms:
  1. seriousness
Athletic or competitive amusement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. athletics
  2. game
  3. competition
  4. contest
  5. athletic event
  6. amateur sport
  7. professional-sport
To make a public and usually ostentatious show of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. show
  2. brandish
  3. display
  4. disport
  5. exhibit
  6. expose
  7. flash
  8. flaunt
  9. parade
*A person with sporting instincts
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gambler
  2. irresponsible fellow
  3. horsey person
  4. rake
  5. one of the fast set
  6. jokingly
  7. in fun
  8. jestingly
(Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. summercater
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. divertive
  2. recreational
  3. sportful
  4. sportive

Words Related to Sport

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sport Sentence Examples

  • You be there to show her what a good sport you are.

  • There remained a second rope, various books on the sport of ice climbing and a few pitons.

  • One popular online fantasy sport is hockey.

  • At Bankside were the Bear and the Paris Gardens, used for the popular sport of bear and bull baiting; and the Globe theatre, the scene of the production of many of Shakespeare's plays for fifteen years after its erection in 1599.

  • Unfortunately, 'No Trespassing' is a more familiar sign to this sport, than this one.

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