sport

Definitions of sport

n an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

Synonyms:: athletics

Types:: show 58 types...; hide 58 types...; funambulism, tightrope walking
walking on a tightrope or slack rope; rock climbing
the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment); contact sport
a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players; field sport, outdoor sport
a sport that is played outdoors; gymnastic exercise, gymnastics
a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility; track and field
participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it; skiing
a sport in which participants must travel on skis; aquatics, water sport
sports that involve bodies of water; row, rowing
the act of rowing as a sport; archery
the sport of shooting arrows with a bow; sledding
the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh; skating
the sport of gliding on skates; racing
the sport of engaging in contests of speed; equitation, horseback riding, riding
the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements; cycling
the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle; blood sport
sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting); athletic game
a game involving athletic activity; judo
a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan; spectator sport
a sport that many people find entertaining to watch; team sport
a sport that involves competition between teams of players; acrobatics, tumbling
the gymnastic moves of an acrobat; running, track
the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track; jumping
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump; cross-country skiing
the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill); ski jumping
the act of performing a jump on skis from a high ramp overhanging a snow covered slope; swim, swimming
the act of swimming; surfboarding, surfing, surfriding
the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave; water-skiing
skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat; crab
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; sculling
rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell; boxing, fisticuffs, pugilism
fighting with the fists; tobogganing
riding on a long light sled with low handrails; bobsledding
riding on a bobsled; grappling, rassling, wrestling
the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down; ice skating
skating on ice; roller skating
skating on wheels; skateboarding
the sport of skating on a skateboard; speed skating
competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course); auto racing, car racing
the sport of racing automobiles; boat racing
the sport of racing boats; camel racing
the sport of racing camels; greyhound racing
the sport of racing greyhounds; horse racing
the sport of racing horses; equestrian sport
a sport that tests horsemanship; pony-trekking
a sport in which people ride across country on ponies; bicycling
riding a bicycle; motorcycling
riding a motorcycle; dune cycling
bicycling or motorcycling on sand dunes; bullfighting, tauromachy
the activity at a bullfight; cockfighting
participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight; hunt, hunting
the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; fishing, sportfishing
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion; hockey, hockey game, ice hockey
a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks; tetherball
a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole; water polo
a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal; outdoor game
an athletic game that is played outdoors; football, football game
any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal; court game
an athletic game played on a court

Type of:: diversion, recreation
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

n someone who engages in sports

Synonyms:: sportsman, sportswoman

Type of:: athlete, jock
a person trained to compete in sports

n the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; professional boxing
boxing for money; professional wrestling
wrestling for money; sumo
a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground; professional golf
playing golf for money; professional football
football played for pay; professional baseball
playing baseball for money; professional basketball
playing basketball for money; professional tennis
playing tennis for money

Type of:: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

n verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

“he said it in sport”

Synonyms:: fun, play

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; jocosity, jocularity
fun characterized by humor; waggery, waggishness
waggish behavior; clowning, comedy, drollery, funniness
a comic incident or series of incidents; paronomasia, pun, punning, wordplay
a humorous play on words

Type of:: humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

n a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances

“a good sport”

“a poor sport”

Type of:: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being

n (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

Synonyms:: mutant, mutation, variation

Types:: freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity
a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed; leviathan
the largest or most massive thing of its kind

Type of:: being, organism
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

n (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

Synonyms:: summercater

Type of:: vacationer, vacationist
someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work

v play boisterously

Synonyms:: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark

Type of:: play
be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children

v wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

“she was sporting a new hat”

Synonyms:: boast, feature

Type of:: feature, have
have as a feature

n an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

n someone who engages in sports

n the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

n verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

n a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances

n (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration

n (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine

v play boisterously

v wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

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