sport - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

Synonyms

• sport

More generic

• business
• job
• line
• line of work
• occupation

More specific

• professional baseball
• professional basketball
• professional boxing
• professional football
• professional golf
• professional tennis
• professional wrestling
• sumo

Noun

an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

Synonyms

• athletics
• sport

More generic

• diversion
• recreation

More specific

• aquatics
• archery
• athletic game
• blood sport
• contact sport
• cycling
• equitation
• field sport
• funambulism
• gymnastic exercise
• gymnastics
• horseback riding
• judo
• outdoor sport
• racing
• riding
• rock climbing
• row
• rowing
• skating
• skiing
• sledding
• spectator sport
• team sport
• tightrope walking
• track and field
• water sport

Noun

verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

Synonyms

• fun
• play
• sport

More generic

• humor
• humour
• wit
• witticism
• wittiness

More specific

• clowning
• comedy
• drollery
• funniness
• jocosity
• jocularity
• paronomasia
• pun
• punning
• waggery
• waggishness
• wordplay

Noun

(biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Synonyms

• mutant
• mutation
• sport
• variation

More generic

• being
• organism

More specific

• freak
• lusus naturae
• monster
• monstrosity

Noun

someone who engages in sports

Synonyms

• sport
• sportsman
• sportswoman

More generic

• athlete
• jock

Noun

a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances

Synonyms

• sport

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

Noun

(Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

Synonyms

• sport
• summercater

More generic

• vacationer
• vacationist

Verb

play boisterously

Synonyms

• cavort
• disport
• frisk
• frolic
• gambol
• lark
• lark about
• rollick
• romp
• run around
• skylark
• sport

More generic

• play

Verb

wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

Synonyms

• boast
• feature
• sport

More generic

• feature
• have

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