sportnoun
uk/spɔːt/us/spɔːrt/sport noun (GAME)
A1 [ C ] a game, competition, or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as a job:
A1 [ U ] UK all types of physical activity that people do to keep healthy or for enjoyment:
[ U ] old-fashioned enjoyment in doing things
More examples
- She's not especially interested in sport.
- There are risks inherent in almost every sport.
- There's so much money in sport these days.
- I could never play team sports - I lack the competitive spirit .
- She did a lot of sports at college.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sports & games generally
- athletics
- contact sport
- defensive
- extreme sport
- free running
- game
- high jinks
- kabaddi
- parkour
- pickup
- play
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
sport noun (PERSON)
[ C ] old-fashioned informal a pleasant, positive, generous person who does not complain about things they are asked to do or about games that they lose:
[ C ] Australian English a friendly way of talking to a man or boy:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People having good qualities
- advertisement
- altruism
- angel
- be the salt of the earth idiom
- brick
- bunch
- enchant
- enchantress
- gem
- jewel
- not be as black as you are painted idiom
- paragon
- poppet
- rough diamond
- saint
- salt
- softie
- sweetheart
- sweetie
- treasure
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
sportverb [ T ]
uk/spɔːt/us/spɔːrt/to wear or be decorated with something:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wearing clothes
- attire
- be dripping with sth idiom
- caped
- clad
- clothe
- dressed
- dressed to kill idiom
- dresser
- drip
- grow
- grow into sth
- have (got) sth on
- mould
- nine
- sartorial
- stylish
- suit
- tog
- tracksuit
- turban
See more results »