sports

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/spɔːɹts//spoɹts//spoəts/

noun

Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).

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Very commonScrabble 8

Meanings

sports1

noun
  1. pluralplural of sport
nounsports (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSynonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).

    Synonyms: sport

verbsports (third-person singular simple present sportses, present participle sportsing, simple past and past participle sportsed)

present singular third person sportses · participle present sportsing · participle past sportsed · past sportsed

  1. To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.

    But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.

    1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 84
    1 more example

    And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.

    2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140

sports2

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of sport

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).

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Origin

sports · noun, noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*portā
  10. Proto-Italic*portāō
  11. Latinportāre
  12. Old Frenchporter
  13. Anglo-Normandesporter
  14. Middle Englishdisporten
  15. Middle Englishsporten
  16. Englishsport
  17. Englishsports

From sport + -s (plural suffix).

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sports · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*portā
  10. Proto-Italic*portāō
  11. Latinportāre
  12. Old Frenchporter
  13. Anglo-Normandesporter
  14. Middle Englishdisporten
  15. Middle Englishsporten
  16. Englishsport
  17. Englishsports

From sport + -s (verb suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sports

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Cite this entry
APA

sports. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports

MLA

“sports.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sports,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports.

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