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Antonyms for sports
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : spawrts, spohrts |
| Phonetic Transcription : spɔrts, spoʊrts |
Definition of sports
Origin :- atheltic games and contests, by 1660s, from sport (n.). Meaning "sports section of a newspaper" is 1913. Sports fan attested from 1921. Sportswear is from 1912. Sports car attested by 1914; so called for its speed and power:
- I have just returned from the south of France, passing through Lyons, where I visited the [Berliet] works with my car, and was shown the new model 25 h.p. "sports" car, and was so impressed with this that I immediately ordered one on my return to London. [letter in "The Autocar," Jan. 7, 1914]
- noun recreational activity; entertainment
- noun fun, joking
- noun person who takes kidding
- verb display, wear
- Had you rather witness the sports of the gymnasia than the works of artists?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He joined in their sports, and was too much interested to take note of time.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- It had been the most exciting, the most savage of all sports—a man hunt!
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Edwin and Imogen had been united in the sports of earliest infancy.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Why, yes, there are plenty of ‘sports’—of a kind—in this place.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- But the congregations were slow to listen, and the sports went on.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- It was the day of the Wythburn sports, and this year it was being celebrated at Shoulthwaite.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- The sports are over, but not yet is the day's pleasure done.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- Though she did not care to go to the sports to-day, she felt, oh!
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- This led him close to the booth where the sports were proceeding.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
Synonyms for sports
- action
- amusement
- athletics
- badinage
- ball
- banter
- be dressed in
- buffoon
- butt
- derision
- disport
- diversion
- don
- drollery
- escapade
- exercise
- exhibit
- frolic
- fun
- fun and games
- gaiety
- game
- games
- have on
- horseplay
- jest
- jestee
- jesting
- joke
- jollification
- jollity
- kidding
- laughingstock
- laughter
- merriment
- mirth
- mock
- mockery
- model
- mummery
- nonsense
- object of derision
- object of ridicule
- pastime
- physical activity
- picnic
- play
- plaything
- pleasantry
- pleasure
- practical joke
- raillery
- recreation
- scorn
- show off
- target
- teasing
- tomfoolery
- trifling
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