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Synonyms of sporting
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in revelry, playfulness
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sporting
- cavorting,
- frivolity,
- frolicking,
- gamboling
- (or gambolling),
- merrymaking,
- playfulness,
- revelry,
- roistering,
- romping,
- sportiveness
- devilry
- (or deviltry),
- impishness,
- knavery,
- mischief,
- mischievousness,
- prankishness,
- rascality,
- roguery,
- roguishness,
- trickery
- boisterousness,
- rambunctiousness,
- rowdiness,
- rowdyism,
- rumbustiousness
- [chiefly British]
sporting
verbpresent participle of sport
Synonyms & Antonyms of sporting (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to engage in activity for amusement
- from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort
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2
to play and run about happily
- the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds
Synonyms for sporting
- capering,
- cavorting,
- disporting,
- frisking,
- frolicking,
- gamboling
- (or gambolling),
- larking,
- rollicking,
- romping
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3
to present so as to invite notice or attention
- sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town
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The first known use of sporting was in 1713
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