relay race

noun

A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.

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Meanings

nounrelay race (plural relay races)

plural relay races

  1. hobbiesA sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.

    Synonyms: relay

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance

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race
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic سِبَاق تَتَابُع
  • سِبَاق تَتَابُع (sibāq tatābuʕ)sports contest
Catalan cursa de relleus
  • cursa de relleussports contest
Chinese Mandarin 接力賽 /接力赛
  • 接力賽 /接力赛 (jiēlìsài)sports contest
Czech štafeta
  • štafetasports contest
Dutch estafette
  • estafettesports contest
Finnish viestikilpailu, viesti
  • viestikilpailusports contest
  • viestisports contest
  • viestijuoksusports contest
  • viestikisasports contest
German Staffelwettbewerb, Staffellauf
  • Staffelwettbewerbsports contest
  • Staffellaufsports contest
  • Staffelschwimmensports contest
Greek σκυταλοδρομία
  • σκυταλοδρομία (skytalodromía)sports contest
Indonesian estafet, lari sambung
  • estafetsports contest
  • lari sambungsports contest
Italian staffetta
  • staffettasports contest
Korean 릴레이 경기
  • 릴레이 경기 (rillei gyeonggi)sports contest
Norwegian Bokmål stafettløp
  • stafettløpsports contest
Polish sztafeta, bieg rozstawny
  • sztafetasports contest
  • bieg rozstawnysports contest
Portuguese estafeta, revezamento
  • estafetasports contest
  • revezamentosports contest
Russian эстафе́та
  • эстафе́та (estaféta)sports contest
Slovak štafeta
  • štafetasports contest
Spanish carrera de relevos
  • carrera de relevossports contest
Swahili mbio ya kupokezana
  • mbio ya kupokezanasports contest
Swedish stafett
  • stafettsports contest
Tagalog hatirang-karera, takbuhang-hatiran
  • hatirang-karerasports contest
  • takbuhang-hatiransports contest
  • takbuhang-dugtungansports contest
Ukrainian естафе́та
  • естафе́та (estaféta)sports contest
Welsh ras gyfnewid
  • ras gyfnewidsports contest
Cite this entry
APA

relay race. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relay%20race

MLA

“relay race.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relay%20race. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relay race,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relay%20race.

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