Synonyms of sporting

sporting 1 of 2

noun

as in sportiveness

Related Words

• sportiveness
• cavorting
• romping
• gamboling
• frolicking
• merrymaking
• revelry
• frivolity
• roistering
• playfulness
• rascality
• roguishness
• trickery
• prankishness
• boisterousness
• rowdyism
• roguery
• rowdiness
• mischievousness
• devilry
• impishness
• rambunctiousness
• mischief
• knavery
• joking
• funning
• rumbustiousness
• monkey business
• buffoonery
• clowning
• skylarking
• nonsense
• tomfoolery
• horseplay
• jesting
• roughhousing
• high jinks
• roughhouse
• clownishness
• monkeying
• clownery
• horsing around
• childishness
• slapstick
• foolishness
• shenanigan(s)
• silliness
• waggery
• foolery
• monkeyshine(s)

sporting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of sport

1

as in playing

to engage in activity for amusement

from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort

Synonyms & Similar Words

• playing
• recreating
• frolicking
• entertaining
• rollicking
• toying
• amusing
• disporting
• relaxing
• joking
• skylarking
• cavorting
• romping
• delighting
• resting
• hanging
• dallying
• pleasing
• dabbling
• trifling
• frisking
• teasing
• gamboling
• diverting
• idling
• loafing
• fiddling (around)
• puttering (around)
• screwing around
• lounging (around or about)
• dawdling
• messing around
• jesting
• hanging about
• bumming (around)
• slacking (off)
• goldbricking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• struggling
• striving
• sweating
• laboring
• straining
• toiling
• plodding
• plugging (away)
• slaving
• drudging

2

as in dancing

to play and run about happily

the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dancing
• hopping
• leaping
• cavorting
• romping
• skipping
• gamboling
• capering
• frolicking
• rollicking
• frisking
• larking
• tumbling
• reveling
• cutting capers
• disporting
• springing
• prancing
• bounding
• curvetting
• loping
• tripping
• carousing
• roistering
• kicking up one's heels
• horsing around
• clowning
• cutting up
• fooling around
• carrying on
• skylarking
• kiting
• roughhousing
• joyriding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouting
• sulking
• stewing
• moping

3

as in displaying

to present so as to invite notice or attention

sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• displaying
• exhibiting
• flashing
• showing
• unveiling
• waving
• parading
• exposing
• flaunting
• producing
• announcing
• strutting
• disporting
• showing off
• brandishing
• advertising
• flourishing
• laying out
• revealing
• proclaiming
• broadcasting
• publicizing
• posting
• discovering
• blazing
• heralding
• trumpeting
• airing
• baring
• telling (of)
• divulging
• sounding
• talking (about)
• uncovering
• placarding
• unmasking
• uncloaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masking
• disguising
• camouflaging
• concealing
• covering
• hiding
• obscuring
• occluding
• shrouding
• veiling
• occulting
• curtaining
• enshrouding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sporting

Noun

Officers can also continue working approved off-duty assignments at school sporting events and other school activities. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026

Meaning, if humans are involved, to borrow from Bill Shakespeare, the sporting game is afoot. — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026

French sporting goods retail chain Decathlon, located in the Cairoli area overlooking the Castello Sforzesco, was the target of similar violent attacks, as looters smashed the storefront windows and stole sporting equipment and several bicycles. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the second-longest continuously held sporting event, behind only the Kentucky Derby. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026

Contracts tied to sporting events, entertainment or pop culture outcomes can very much resemble similar behaviors of gambling or entertainment. — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Rice most recently oversaw Disney's cable channels, news programming and coverage of major sporting events. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

After yesterday's shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School, all schools in the Bend-La Pine district will be closed today, including activities and sporting events, the district has said. — Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

The cost of toys, new and used cars, sporting goods, and shoes all rose at a rapid clip last month, the government said. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

In the set photos, Johnson, sporting a tan bucket hat and coat and holding a slice of pizza, walks alongside his young co-star Theo Clark Leber, who carries an oversized lizard plush. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Nicky Hilton was also on the red carpet, sporting a backless Michael Kors suit. — Brianna J. Heath, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Mulder is wearing dark blue, while Scully is rocking an orangey brown suit, with both of them sporting an FBI badge. — Ian Stokes, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Louisville Slugger was founded in the 1880s, Wilson sporting goods just before the start of World War I. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Already sporting offers from Illinois and Michigan, Holcomb has provided a huge spark offensively for Brother Rice (6-2, 1-1), according to senior receiver Lucas Strang. — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

The colorful trial started on October 6, with Capone sporting a yellow suit. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026

The cost of toys, new and used cars, sporting goods and shoes all rose at a rapid clip last month, the government said. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

There’s also an indoor-outdoor dog run, as well as a detached guesthouse with its own kitchen and bath and a seven-car garage sporting a Tesla charging station. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing sporting

• sporting house