Synonyms of the word

sportsman

• n. (Britain) A man who engages in sports; a male athlete.
• n. (dated) A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.

athlete

• n. A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country…
• n. (US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
• n. An exceptionally physically fit person.

jock

• n. (slang, archaic) A common man.
• n. (Britain, slang, pejorative) A Scotsman.
• n. (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
• n. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports, a jockstrap.
• n. (US, slang) A young male athlete (through college age).
• n. (US, slang, pejorative) An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests…
• n. (US, slang, computing, in combination) A specialist computer programmer.
• v. (slang) to masturbate.
• v. (slang) to humiliate.
• v. (slang) to steal.

sport

• n. (countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that…
• n. (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
• n. (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.
• n. (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
• n. (obsolete) Mockery; derision.
• n. (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
• n. (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
• n. (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some…
• n. (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
• n. (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
• n. (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question).
• n. (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
• v. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
• v. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
• v. (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
• v. (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
• v. (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
• v. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
• v. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species;…
• v. (transitive) To close (a door).

sportswoman

• n. (Britain) A woman who engages in sports. A female athlete.