Sport

//spɔːt//

Synonyms for "sport" (634 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (127)

frolic fun mutant sports abandon acrobatics action adventurer advertise affect agate agonistics air also ran also-ran amateur athlete amusement anabolism anomaly antic

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Noun(18 words)

amigo amusement athletics avocation babber billy boyfriend bredrin bruv bud buddo buddy bully butty chaver china chuck chum

Verb(2 words)

boast cavort

Strong matches (190)

Noun(26 words)

cobber cock cocker compadre companion comrade cove crony dawg diversion divertisement duck dude fam fancy fettler friend fun g geez

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geezer gink good old boy hobby homeskillet homie

cockhorse competitor compulsive gambler consubstantiation contest course coursing coxcomb crambo crap shooter cricket cricket bat cricketer croquet crosspatch cue curling curvet cut a dido cut capers

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cut lots cut the cards cut up cynegetics dally dance dandy dangle decathlon defeatee defensive lineman demonstrate deride derision dirty joke dirty story discus displacement display disport distraction diversion divertissement dog doll doll carriage dollhouse dominoes double entendre double header double-header doubles draughts draw lots draw straws drive duck dude emblazon end enjoyment entertain entertainment ethnic joke event exchange exhibit exquisite falcon falconry fall guy fashion plate fencing fine gentleman fish out of water fishing fives flash flaunt flounce flourish flush follow the hounds fool around fooling fooling around football footballer fop foursome fowl fox hunting freak fribble frisk frivolity fullback fun and games funmaking funny story gag gallant gamble gambler gambol game game loser games games of chance games-player gamester gewgaw ghost gimcrack gimmick give-and-take gliding go go hunting golf golf club good loser good one good sport good story good time good-natured banter great fun guard gun gunning gymnastics handball harmless teasing have on hawk hawking hazarder heterotopia hide-and-seek high jinks high old time high time hiking hobbyhorse hockey hold up hopscotch horse around horseplay horseshoes hound howler humor hunt hunt down hunting hurdling ice hockey

Verb(5 words)

disport feature frisk frolic gambol

Related words (317)

individualist infielder inner-directed person innovation jack jack-a-dandy jack-in-the-box jackanapes jacklight jacks jackstones jackstraws jape jest jestbook jive jock joke jollification jollity

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josh jumper keno kickshaw kidding kidding around knickknack lacrosse lady killer lady-killer lark laugh laughs lawn tennis leapfrog lineman loser lot lotto lovely time luging macaroni man-about-town manifest marble marbles marionette masher match match coins meet merels metabolism metagenesis metamorphism metamorphosis metastasis metathesis metempsychosis mig misfit mock mockery model monopoly motorcycling mountaineering mumble-the-peg mutated form mutation natation naysayer ninepins nonconformist novelty oddball offensive lineman outfield outfielder palaestra pall-mall pallone panic paper doll parade pastime pelota pentathlon permutation persiflage petty gambler pick-up sticks picnic piker pilgarlic ping-pong pinwheel play play at dice play off play the ponies play-off player plaything pleasant time pleasantry pleasure plunger point polo poloist pool post office prank professional athlete prowl after pugilist punter puppet puppy pushball put forth put forward pyramids quarterback quintain quits race racer racket racquets raffle raffle off rag doll raillery rallying recreate recreation reincarnation relaxation rib tickler ride to hounds ridicule riding riot rocking horse roller skating rollick romp rounders rowing rugby rugger run runoff sailing sailplaning scrabble scream sculling sharp sharper sharpie shikar shinny shoot shoot craps shooting shortstop shot-put show show off shuffleboard sick joke sidesplitter sight gag singles skater skating skeet skeet shooting ski-jumping skiing skin-diving skip skittles sledding snooker snorkel diving snowmobiling soccer softball spark speculate speculator sporting sporting man sportsman sportswoman squash stalk stalking start steelie stickball still hunt still-hunt stooge story surfing swell swimming table tennis tabletop game tackle tailback taw tease teetotum tennis tenpins tent pegging tetherball the vanquished threesome ticktacktoe tiddlywinks tilting tinhorn tipcat tipster tivoli tobogganing top toss tout toxophilite toy toy soldier track track and field trail transanimation transfiguration transfigurement transformation transformism translation translocation transmigration transmogrification transmutation transposition transubstantiation trapshooting trick trinket trip trumpet trumpet forth tug of war tumbling twit twosome underdog vaunt venery venturer vicissitude victim visual joke volleyball wagerer water polo waterskiing wave wear wheeze whim wham whim-wham wingback wow wrestler wrestling yarn

Noun(24 words)

kill-time kith lover marrow mate matey mucker mutant mutation old bean pal pardner pastime peeps play pursuit shag sporto summercater surry

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tovarish variation wantok woadie

Verb(8 words)

lark lark about rock rollick romp run around skylark trifle with

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

27 entries

athlete being business diversion feature have humor humour individual job jock line line of work mortal occupation organism

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Synonyms

3 entries

frolic fun mutant

at location

2 entries

field sporting event

causes

1 entries

injury

derived

164 entries

LudoSport Sportianity action sport adrenaline sport adventure sport adventurous sport air sport antisport ask me one about sport ask me one on sport autosport bad sport blood sport boardsport cardiosport combat sport

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

disport

has context

4 entries

biology botany slang zoology

has property

2 entries

playing by rules violent

is a

13 entries

athlete devised structured activity diversion exercise game newspaper occupation person physical activity physical activity with goal recreational activity strenuous form of exercise vacationer

manner of

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have

receives action

2 entries

played by humans played by opposing teams

related to

20 entries

acquaintance amuse birth defect competitively dalliance disabled sports display divert feature friend game good sport make merry match fixing mutant plant

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similar

1 entries

sports

used for

2 entries

playing watching

Translations

236 translations across 119 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Albanian

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Amharic

1 entries

ስፖርት noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀγών noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
ἄθλημα noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Arabic

3 entries

خلوق noun (somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner)
ذو روح رياضية noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
رِيَاضَة noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Aragonese

1 entries

esporte noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Armenian

1 entries

սպորտ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Assamese

2 entries

ক্ৰীড়া noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
খেল noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Asturian

1 entries

deporte noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

idman noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Bashkir

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Basque

1 entries

kirol noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Belarusian

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Bengali

2 entries

ক্রীড়া noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
খেল noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Bulgarian

4 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
спорти́ст noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
спорти́стка noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
демонстрирам verb (display, have as feature)

Burmese

1 entries

အားကစား noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Buryat

2 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
тамир noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

шпорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Catalan

2 entries

deport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
esport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

وەرزش noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Chechen

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Chinese

2 entries

йүндун noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
運動 /运动 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Chuvash

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Czech

4 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
nosit verb (display, have as feature)
předvádět verb (display, have as feature)
ukazovat verb (display, have as feature)

Danish

2 entries

idræt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Dutch

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Esperanto

1 entries

sporto noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Estonian

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Extremaduran

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deporti noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Faroese

2 entries

ítrótt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
ítróttur noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Finnish

4 entries

epämuodostuma noun (abnormal plant or animal)
ihailtava ihminen noun (somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner)
kilpailulaji noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
kova tyyppi noun (somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner)

French

4 entries

flirt noun (amorous dalliance)
sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
jouer verb (amuse oneself)
moquer verb (mock or tease)

Galician

2 entries

deporte noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
xogo noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Georgian

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სპორტი noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

German

4 entries

Sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
Sportsfrau noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
Sportsmann noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
Spott treiben verb (mock or tease)

Greek

1 entries

άθλημα noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Gujarati

2 entries

ખેલ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
રમતગમત noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

espò noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Hebrew

2 entries

מלעב noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
סְפּוֹרְט noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Hindi

4 entries

खेल noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
खेल-कूद noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
वर्ज़िश noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
स्पोर्ट noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Hungarian

3 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sportember noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
sportember noun (somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner)

Icelandic

1 entries

íþrótt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Ido

1 entries

sporto noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Indonesian

1 entries

olahraga noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

وَرْزِش noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Irish

1 entries

spórt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Italian

2 entries

diporto noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Japanese

2 entries

スポーツ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
運動 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Kannada

1 entries

ಕ್ರೀಡೆಗಳು noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Kapampangan

1 entries

pasiknangan noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Kashubian

1 entries

szpòrt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Kazakh

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Khmer

1 entries

កីឡា noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Korean

2 entries

스포츠 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
운동 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Lao

1 entries

ກິລາ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Latvian

1 entries

sports noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Lithuanian

1 entries

spòrtas noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Macedonian

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Malay

1 entries

sukan noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Malayalam

2 entries

കായികവിനോദം noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
ക്രീഡ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Maltese

2 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sportiv noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡴᠠᡨᡠ᠋ᡵᡝᠪᡠᠨ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Marathi

1 entries

खेळ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Mirandese

1 entries

çporto noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Mizo

1 entries

infiamna noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Mongolian

2 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
ᠰᠫᠣᠷᠲ᠋ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Māori

3 entries

hākinakina noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
hākinakina verb (amuse oneself)
tākaro verb (amuse oneself)

Nepali

1 entries

खेल noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

sîpor noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
werziş noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

idrett noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

idrett noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Odia

2 entries

କ୍ରୀଡା noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
ଖେଳ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Pali

1 entries

kīḷā noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
шпорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Pashto

2 entries

سپورټ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
ورزش noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Persian

3 entries

وَرْزِش noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
سرگرمی verb (amuse oneself)
ورزش verb (display, have as feature)

Polish

3 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sportowczyni noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
sportowiec noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)

Portuguese

4 entries

desporto noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
esporte noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
recrear-se verb (amuse oneself)
zombar verb (mock or tease)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਖੇਡ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Romanian

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Russian

4 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
спортсме́н noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
спортсме́нка noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
демонстрировать verb (display, have as feature)

Sanskrit

1 entries

क्रीडा noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

spòrs noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sùgair verb (amuse oneself)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

spȍrt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
špȍrt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
спо̏рт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
шпо̏рт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ක්රීඩා noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Slovak

1 entries

šport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Slovene

3 entries

šport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
športnica noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
športnik noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)

Spanish

4 entries

aventura noun (amorous dalliance)
burla noun (toy)
deporte noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
deportista noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)

Swahili

4 entries

riadha noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
spoti noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
spoti noun (person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship)
spoti noun (somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner)

Swedish

4 entries

idrott noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
sporta verb (display, have as feature)
visa upp verb (display, have as feature)

Tagalog

1 entries

palakasan noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Tajik

2 entries

варзиш noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Tamil

1 entries

விளையாட்டு noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Tashelhit

1 entries

tunnunt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Tatar

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Telugu

1 entries

ఆటలు noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Thai

2 entries

กีฬา noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
สปอร์ต noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Tibetan

1 entries

ལུས་རྩལ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ስፖርት noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Turkish

2 entries

spor noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
yöndün noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Turkmen

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Ukrainian

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Urdu

3 entries

سْپورْٹ noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
وَرْزِش noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
کھیل noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Uyghur

2 entries

تەنتەربىيە noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
سپورت noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Uzbek

1 entries

sport noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thể thao noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Volapük

1 entries

spot noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Walloon

1 entries

spôrt noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

運動 /运动 noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Yakut

1 entries

спорт noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Yiddish

1 entries

ספּאָרט noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Zhuang

1 entries

yindung noun (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

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The doctor advised me to take up some sport to stay in shape.

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Rugby is a sport which is never called off by rain.

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In order to lose weight, it is best to take up some sport.

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Boxing is not always a rough sport.

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