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sport
Synonyms and Antonyms of sport
- I don't care terribly whether I actually catch any fish, as I'm just doing this for sport
gamboling (or gambolling), romping
amusement, diversion, entertainment
delight, enjoyment, pleasance, pleasure
friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness, wantonness
devilment, devilry (or deviltry), hanky-panky, hob, impishness, jinks, knavery, mischief, mischievousness, rascality, roguishness, waggery
binge, fling, kick, lark, revel, rollick, spree
hilarity, merriment, merrymaking, revelry, whoopee
buffoonery, high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, tomfoolery
- teasing that began in sport ended with some hateful words being exchanged
- taught their children that it was not polite to make sport of others
- had become the long-suffering sport of the village
Synonym Discussion of sport
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- played cards just for fun
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- hurt by remarks said only in jest
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- teasing begun in sport led to anger
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- made game of their poor relations
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- pretended to strangle his brother in play
sport
Synonyms and Antonyms of sport
- from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort
dabble, fiddle (around), mess around, putter (around)
bum (around), dawdle, goldbrick, hang, hang about [British], idle, loaf, lounge (around or about), relax, rest, screw around, slack (off)
- the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds
- sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town
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