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sport

[spawrt] / spɔrt /
NOUN
recreational activity; entertainment
Synonyms
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athletics fun game pastime
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action amusement ball disport diversion exercise frolic gaiety games picnic play pleasure recreation
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fun and games physical activity
Antonyms
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work
WEAK
seriousness vocation
NOUN
fun, joking
Synonyms
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badinage banter derision drollery escapade frolic horseplay jest jesting joke jollification jollity kidding merriment mirth mockery mummery nonsense pleasantry raillery teasing tomfoolery trifling
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practical joke
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seriousness
NOUN
person who takes kidding
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buffoon butt joke laughingstock mockery plaything target
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jestee object of derision object of ridicule
VERB
display, wear
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don
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exhibit model
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be dressed in have on show off

Example Sentences

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"I know that whatever I learned through sport, those are the skills I can take into the rest of my life as well."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But in Norway, cross-country skiing is a national sport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Bhosle's love for cricket was well known, with the sport being one of her favorite pastimes.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Hockey was a bruising, inelegant sport played in the frozen tundra of Canada and the upper Midwest when Vachon was traded from the Montreal Canadiens to the Kings in the winter of 1971.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The love of fast driving lasted long after the end of Prohibition—leading to the popular sport of NASCAR, which is beloved in many parts of the country.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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