Synonyms of sports

sports 1 of 2

noun

plural of sport

1

as in ridicules

the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something

taught their children that it was not polite to make sport of others

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ridicules
• disdains
• contempts
• laughters
• insults
• satires
• scorns
• mockeries
• derisions
• burlesques
• disparagements
• caricatures
• catcalls
• pasquinades
• belittlements
• mimicries
• deprecations
• put-downs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approvals
• praises
• commendations
• applauses

2

as in jokes

a person or thing that is made fun of

had become the long-suffering sport of the village

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jokes
• targets
• victims
• fools
• butts
• jests
• laughingstocks
• pigeons
• mocks
• monkeys
• suckers
• mockeries
• marks
• gulls
• derisions
• chumps
• fall guys
• saps
• dupes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pets
• favorites
• darlings

sports

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sport

1

as in plays

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

• plays
• toys
• frolics
• jokes
• recreates
• entertains
• disports
• rollicks
• amuses
• delights
• relaxes
• romps
• cavorts
• dabbles
• gambols
• dallies
• skylarks
• trifles
• pleases
• rests
• teases
• hangs
• frisks
• slacks (off)
• fiddles (around)
• diverts
• goldbricks
• loafs
• hangs about
• jests
• bums (around)
• putters (around)
• screws around
• messes around
• lounges (around or about)
• idles
• dawdles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• works
• slaves
• struggles
• sweats
• strives
• labors
• toils
• plugs (away)
• strains
• plods
• drudges

2

as in dances

to play and run about happily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dances
• hops
• romps
• cavorts
• leaps
• gambols
• capers
• cuts capers
• frolics
• skips
• larks
• tumbles
• disports
• revels
• trips
• rollicks
• frisks
• springs
• curvets
• bounds
• kicks up one's heels
• horses around
• lopes
• carouses
• prances
• clowns
• kites
• cuts up
• roughhouses
• roisters
• fools around
• carries on
• joyrides
• skylarks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stews
• pouts
• sulks
• mopes

3

as in displays

to present so as to invite notice or attention

sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• displays
• exhibits
• shows
• flashes
• waves
• parades
• unveils
• exposes
• produces
• announces
• shows off
• flaunts
• struts
• lays out
• broadcasts
• disports
• advertises
• flourishes
• reveals
• airs
• proclaims
• posts
• brandishes
• publicizes
• heralds
• sounds
• tells (of)
• discovers
• trumpets
• divulges
• blazes
• talks (about)
• uncovers
• placards
• bares
• unmasks
• uncloaks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masks
• disguises
• covers
• curtains
• camouflages
• conceals
• hides
• obscures
• occludes
• shrouds
• veils
• occults
• enshrouds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sports

Noun

The Thunder bench outscored the Knicks’ second unit, 25-13, and Miles McBride, in his first game back from a sports hernia surgery that sidelined him 28 games, suffered an injury and grabbed at his stomach before leaving the floor and going to the locker room in pain. —Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026

This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. —Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026

Quite a few solid folks have left, but to be fair it should be noted that while men’s hockey fortunes have waned since the pandemic, Yale has had notable success in several sports in the 2020s, including women’s hockey, football, men’s basketball, lacrosse and soccer. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026

American investors are making a big move into Indian cricket, with two separate billion-dollar deals made on the same day for teams in the country’s most popular sports league. —Chetan Narula, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026

Several non-sports venues have upcoming tie-ins to soccer and sports in general. —Dan Kelly march 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026

Rugby, soccer, hurling and Gaelic football are the local sports. —ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026

Republicans are, for the most part, supportive of transgender policies Trump has asked them to tack on as well, one that would restrict surgeries for minors and another preventing biological males from competing in women’s sports. —David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026

Verb

The third floor is home to three guest bedrooms, a floating lounge area, and a wraparound terrace, while the fourth floor sports a gym and the entrance to the slide. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026

In the Margaret Thatcher biopic, Streep sports a stiff upper lip and no patience for snobby misogyny as England's first female prime minister. —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

García parks his Batmobile-like Lamborghini Huracán, while Ramos sports his new Lamborghini Urus. —Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026

Zendaya sports a gold band on her ring finger in new photos posted on Instagram today. —Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026

Additionally, while Yessoufou sports a remarkably high steal rate, his overall defensive quickness and awareness are not that strong. —Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026

At 41, Sarah sports a two-inch-long soft, spiked, punky hairdo. —Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026

His office sports such mementoes as a real saber-tooth tiger skull. —Luke Burbank, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026

The second lieutenant position — a relatively new addition to the department which has been challenged for years in court by the Memphis Police Association — sports an average tenure with the city of 19 years. —Lucas Finton, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 18 Feb. 2026