sport

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SPORT

to engage in activity for amusement <from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort>

Synonyms dally, disport, frolic, recreate, rollick, skylark, sport, toy

Related Words cavort, frisk, gambol, romp; dabble, trifle; amuse, divert, entertain; delight, please; dabble, fiddle (around), mess around, putter (around); bum (around), dawdle, goldbrick, hang, hang about [British], idle, loaf, lounge (around or about), relax, rest, screw around, slack (off); jest, joke, tease

Near Antonyms drudge, labor, plod, plug (away), slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, work

to play and run about happily <the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds>

Synonyms caper, cavort, disport, frisk, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, sport

Related Words bound, hop, leap, lope, skip, spring, trip, tumble; curvet, dance, prance; carouse, revel, roister; carry on, fool around, horse around; clown, cut up; joyride, roughhouse, skylark; kite

Near Antonyms mope, pout, stew, sulk

to present so as to invite notice or attention <sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town>

Synonyms display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, lay out, parade, produce, show off, sport, strut, unveil

Related Words brandish, flourish, wave; advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, herald, placard, post, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet; divulge, talk (about), tell (of); bare, discover, reveal, uncloak, uncover, unmask

Near Antonyms camouflage, disguise, mask; conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, obscure, occlude, occult, shroud, veil

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