Synonyms for sport
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
3. Dude — A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
4. Pastime — something fun, pastime; amusement
amusement, entertainment, diversion, pastime dated, kill-time dated
Other
athletics, sportsman, derision, re-creation, display, plaything, run-around, mockery, mock, ridicule, puppet, exhibit
Verb
1. Frolic
frolic, romp, frisk, caper, lark, skip, lark about, gambol, wanton, make merry, cavort, skylark, disport dated, rollick rare
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Something fun, pastime; amusement.
The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.
- n. 2
A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- v. 1
To display; to have as a notable feature.
Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes; he was sporting a new wound from the combat
- v. 2
To amuse oneself, to play.
children sporting on the green
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- athletics Where are the athletics championships this year?
- sportsman He looks like a sportsman, but he is a writer.
By length
- 3 letters
- fun1, toy1
- 4 letters
- game1, play1, rock1, wear1, dude1, joke1, duck1, skip1, mock1, jest1, lark1, romp1
- 5 letters
- freak1, prank1, boast1, frisk1, caper2
- 6 letters
- joking2, puppet2, mutant2, wanton2, frolic2, gambol, cavort2
- 7 letters
- feature2, display2, exhibit3, mockery3, pastime2, skylark2, jollity, disport, rollick
- 8 letters
- mutation3, ridicule3, derision3
- 9 letters
- variation4, athletics3, amusement3, diversion3, sportsman2, plaything2
- 13 letters
- entertainment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (caper2 = 2 syllables).