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

Its team of more than 450 professionals works across major sporting and live events as well as non-fiction, entertainment, documentary and current-affairs programming. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

The ultimate honor is typically reserved for sporting heroes from the host country, often with Olympic excellence on their resume. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

AlixPartners researchers found that year over year, unit sales are down across the board in grocery, apparel, footwear and accessories, health and beauty, home and garden, electronics, sporting goods and books, among other categories. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Those sporting looks from the Browne oeuvre and taking in the scene included Junia Lin, Isan Elba, Jack Cameron Kay, Ian Bradley, and Tom Sachs—new headphones included. — Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

The president, booed at other big sporting events this year, drew mostly cheers at Neyland Stadium. — Laura Beveridge, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026

The 71-year-old pontiff's sporting interests extend to tennis, too. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

New users can enjoy $350 in bonus bets when placing a $20 bet on one of the sporting events. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Time spent around loud traffic, using power tools, attending a sporting event or listening to loud music can all contribute to that daily dose. — Laura Coco, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

Verb

These platforms are colonizing existing speculative spaces—like election results and sporting outcomes—while profiting from areas of asymmetrical knowledge that were previously not possible to monetize. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

There are also dining and family areas, plus a vintage-style kitchen sporting an indoor grill and pass-through cabinetry. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026

Bright isn't the only star who recently went dark, either; Hailey Bieber has been sporting a much darker brunette too. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026

The Grammy Award-winning singer touched down in Paris on Monday sporting a look with a clear reference to onstage ballet tutus while stepping out of the Ritz Hotel on the first day of Paris Fashion Week. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

The staff were some of the few guests in the room not sporting Thom Browne, because just as Thom has his rules of dressing, so too does the Lotos Club. — Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

Seven on-site townhomes adjacent to the hotel range from 2,500 to 3,500 square feet, each sporting three stories with an elevator and two-car garage. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026

To put these numbers in perspective, normal conversation is around 60-70 dBA, busy traffic around 80–85 dBA, a lawn mower can range from 80-100 dBA and sporting events or concerts can reach 94–110 dBA. — Laura Coco, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

Her husband, on the other hand, kept things a little more simple, wearing a green plaid shirt by Ami Paris with blue jeans and a baseball cap sporting the name of his alcohol-free beer brand, Bero. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing sporting

• sporting house