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

Cripps said her son was in Japan competing in a sporting event but called her in a panic. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Goode and the Safdies began filming interviews with Tabraue and Crutchfield in 2014, with Josh sporting spy-camera glasses to try to capture Tabraue undercover, but the footage looked like crap. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026

Major sporting events, like the World Cup, Super Bowl and other playoff series, tend to bring in the most ad revenue. — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Sulkar did not come from the traditional sporting-goods industry. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The law also restricts certain uses of merchant-category codes to distinguish firearms retailers from general merchandise or sporting-goods stores. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Bisiwu is rated as a top prospect by Barcelona’s sporting director Deco, and the club saw this deal as a market opportunity, with the player’s contract running out next year. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Some took shelter in nearby businesses, including a sporting goods store. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Never before had the youngest of William and Kate’s three children joined his parents for a public sporting event. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026

Verb

Fans will be dreaming of who this mystery player could be and, crucially, will have genuine belief sporting director Johan Lange, director of football operations Raphael Moersen and chief executive officer Vinai Venkatesham can pull the deal off. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 31 July 2026

In February, the actress was spotted in Los Angeles with film producer Josh Lieberman sporting a short, shaggy haircut that enhanced her natural texture. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Pokemon as a game series has evolved over time, with mainline games improving or just changing drastically and countless spinoff titles sporting the Pokemon name. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 30 July 2026

Among the highlights is a double-height living room with a fireplace, a seated bar, and floor-to-ceiling glass doors spilling out to an expansive deck sporting a covered entertaining area, plus a pool and spa. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 July 2026

He was seen sporting a Ted Lasso-style mustache, which was later gone for the show’s premiere. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 29 July 2026

Instead of the baby bangs Zendaya has been seen sporting at a few recent events, her fringe was styled into glossy pieces firmly yet artfully arranged across her forehead. — Marci Robin, Allure, 28 July 2026

This year, with Heideman now playing for the Seattle Storm, the two ran it back, this time sporting blue hair. — Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 28 July 2026

Kaia Gerber got fired up while out in New York City on Monday, sporting a red knit by Alaïa. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 July 2026

Phrases Containing sporting

• sporting house