sportsmanlike

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UK/ˈspɔːts.mən.laɪk/US/ˈspɔɹts.mən.laɪk/

adjective

Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner.

Similar
cleansportingsportyfairjust
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English sportsman →
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Meanings

adjectivesportsmanlike (comparative more sportsmanlike, superlative most sportsmanlike)

comparative more sportsmanlike · superlative most sportsmanlike

  1. Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveexhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

Similar
cleansportingsportyfairjust
Also see
cleansportingsportsmanlysporty

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  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
  18. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  19. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  20. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  21. Old Englishmann
  22. Middle Englishman
  23. Englishsportsman
  24. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  25. Proto-Germanic*līką
  26. Englishsportsmanlike

From sportsman + -like.

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Translations

Bulgarian спортсменски
  • спортсменски (sportsmenski)good sportsmanship
Catalan esportiu
  • esportiugood sportsmanship
Dutch sportief
  • sportiefgood sportsmanship
Finnish urheilijamainen
  • urheilijamainengood sportsmanship
German sportlich
  • sportlichgood sportsmanship
Hungarian sportszerű
  • sportszerűgood sportsmanship
Indonesian sportif
  • sportifgood sportsmanship
Italian sportivamente
  • sportivamentegood sportsmanship
Polish sportowy, uczciwy
  • sportowygood sportsmanship
  • uczciwygood sportsmanship
Swedish sportsmannamässig
  • sportsmannamässiggood sportsmanship
Welsh sbortsmanaidd
  • sbortsmanaiddgood sportsmanship
Cite this entry
APA

sportsmanlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsmanlike

MLA

“sportsmanlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsmanlike. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportsmanlike,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsmanlike.

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