Synonyms of sporting

sporting 1 of 2

noun

as in sportiveness

Related Words

• sportiveness
• cavorting
• romping
• gamboling
• frolicking
• merrymaking
• revelry
• frivolity
• roistering
• playfulness
• rascality
• roguishness
• trickery
• prankishness
• boisterousness
• rowdyism
• roguery
• rowdiness
• mischievousness
• devilry
• impishness
• rambunctiousness
• mischief
• knavery
• joking
• funning
• rumbustiousness
• monkey business
• buffoonery
• clowning
• skylarking
• nonsense
• tomfoolery
• horseplay
• jesting
• roughhousing
• high jinks
• roughhouse
• clownishness
• monkeying
• clownery
• horsing around
• childishness
• slapstick
• foolishness
• shenanigan(s)
• silliness
• waggery
• foolery
• monkeyshine(s)

sporting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of sport

1

as in playing

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

• playing
• recreating
• frolicking
• entertaining
• rollicking
• toying
• amusing
• disporting
• relaxing
• joking
• skylarking
• cavorting
• romping
• delighting
• resting
• hanging
• dallying
• pleasing
• dabbling
• trifling
• frisking
• teasing
• gamboling
• diverting
• idling
• loafing
• fiddling (around)
• puttering (around)
• screwing around
• lounging (around or about)
• dawdling
• messing around
• jesting
• hanging about
• bumming (around)
• slacking (off)
• goldbricking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• struggling
• striving
• sweating
• laboring
• straining
• toiling
• plodding
• plugging (away)
• slaving
• drudging

2

as in dancing

to play and run about happily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dancing
• hopping
• leaping
• cavorting
• romping
• skipping
• gamboling
• capering
• frolicking
• rollicking
• frisking
• larking
• tumbling
• reveling
• cutting capers
• disporting
• springing
• prancing
• bounding
• curvetting
• loping
• tripping
• carousing
• roistering
• kicking up one's heels
• horsing around
• clowning
• cutting up
• fooling around
• carrying on
• skylarking
• kiting
• roughhousing
• joyriding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouting
• sulking
• stewing
• moping

3

as in displaying

to present so as to invite notice or attention

sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• displaying
• exhibiting
• flashing
• showing
• unveiling
• waving
• parading
• exposing
• flaunting
• producing
• announcing
• strutting
• disporting
• showing off
• brandishing
• advertising
• flourishing
• laying out
• revealing
• proclaiming
• broadcasting
• publicizing
• posting
• discovering
• blazing
• heralding
• trumpeting
• airing
• baring
• telling (of)
• divulging
• sounding
• talking (about)
• uncovering
• placarding
• unmasking
• uncloaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masking
• disguising
• camouflaging
• concealing
• covering
• hiding
• obscuring
• occluding
• shrouding
• veiling
• occulting
• curtaining
• enshrouding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sporting

Noun

Formula 1 leads the way F1 has become an exemplar of a truly global sporting venture, driven in large part by off-track storytelling that builds the brands of its leading racers. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

The pic, directed by Rebeca Huntt (Beba), follows two-time women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe from her working-class childhood in Redding, California, to international sporting fame and a prominent role in the fight for equal pay. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

The rules for a restaurant differ from those of a theater, office, or sporting venue. — Victoria Song, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

Amid the growing controversy, Haiti’s Football Federation has stepped in to defend Isidor’s right to express his Haitian identity while also warning that a sporting rivalry should not be transformed into a broader political confrontation. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Then there was Alfa Romeo’s former sporting director, Perluigi Corbari, and former Formula 1 driver, constructor, and carbon-composite mastermind, Guglielmo Bellasi. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2026

Her rise to the top of the Ladies Professional Golf Association gives Thailand another global sporting star—and a successor to the Thai players who put the country on the map in the women’s game. — Ashleigh Nghiem, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Trump has made frequent appearances at major sporting events throughout his second term. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

The story of sporting and financial success was, according to the verdict by an investigatory panel, too good to be true. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Verb

With c, the followup to last year’s UNMUSIQUE, Lucy is now two full-length projects deep for deadAir, sporting a new distribution deal with Atlantic and trying to translate their dreamscapes for bigger crowds. — H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026

Truman even created a fashion sensation during his visits, sporting Hawaiian and loud summer shirts that caught on in the rest of the country. — Luisa Yanez october 7, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Keri Russell was joined by her 13-year-old daughter Willa Lou Deary at Le Louvre for the French luxury fashion house’s spring 2027 ready-to-wear collection, sporting distinct looks that were mature and youthful in equal measure. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

This time, Samuel opted for white, sporting a silk satin mini-dress with a boat neckline and a layered skirt. — Alfredo Toriello, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026

As Tom's Hardware reports, the farcical matchup was pure spectacle, with the main event robot sporting a Terminator-style face. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026

These platforms are colonizing existing speculative spaces—like election results and sporting outcomes—while profiting from areas of asymmetrical knowledge that were previously not possible to monetize. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

There are also dining and family areas, plus a vintage-style kitchen sporting an indoor grill and pass-through cabinetry. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026

Bright isn't the only star who recently went dark, either; Hailey Bieber has been sporting a much darker brunette too. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing sporting

• sporting house