| Main Entry: | sport |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, wear |
Synonyms: |
be dressed in, don, exhibit, have on, model, show off |
| Main Entry: | sporting/sportive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful and fair |
Synonyms: |
antic, coltish, considerate, devil-may-care, frisky, frolicsome, full of fun, game, gamesome, gay, generous, impish, jaunty, joyous, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking, sportspersonlike, sprightly, square, wild |
Antonyms: |
unfair, unplayful, unsporting |
| Main Entry: | sporting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | playful |
Synonyms: |
antic, coltish, considerate, devil-may-care, fair, frisky, frolicsome, game, gamesome, gay, generous, gentlemanly, impish, jaunty, joyous, kittenish, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, reasonable, roguish, rollicking, sportive, sportsmanlike, sportsmanly, sprightly, square, square dealing, square shooting, straight shooting, waggish, wild |
Antonyms: |
unsporting |
| Main Entry: | athletic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relating to sports |
Synonyms: |
competitive, contesting, exercise-related, recreational, sporting, team |
| Main Entry: | brandish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaunt, swing around |
Synonyms: |
come on strong, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, gesture, parade, raise, shake, show, show off, sport, swing, threaten, throw weight around, trot out, warn, wield |
Antonyms: |
not show |
| Main Entry: | cavort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frolic, prance |
Synonyms: |
caper, caracole, carry on*, cut loose, cut up, dance, fool around, frisk, gambol, go places and do things, horse around, horseplay, monkey around, play, revel, rollick, romp, roughhouse, sport |
| Main Entry: | dandle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | caress, cuddle |
Synonyms: |
amuse, cosset, cradle, dance, fondle, love, nuzzle, pet, play, ride on knee, rock, sport, toss, toy with, toy* |
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show for public viewing, effect |
Synonyms: |
advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, bring to view, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand, illustrate, impart, lay bare, lay out, make clear, make known, manifest, model, open, open out, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, set out, show off, showcase, sport, spread out, stretch out, trot out, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp |
Antonyms: |
conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold |
| Main Entry: | flaunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make an exhibition, show off |
Synonyms: |
advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, fan it, flash, flash about, flourish, gasconade, grandstand, hotdog, let it all hang out, make a scene, parade, proclaim, put on an act, reveal, roll out, show and tell, showcase, smack with, sport, spring on, streak, throw weight around, trot out, vaunt, wave around, whip out |
| Notes: | one flaunts (makes much of) something of one's own (wealth, good looks, education) while one flouts (disregards or violates) something outside oneself (convention, law, regulation); to flaunt is to show off and to flout is to treat with contempt or disregard with smugness |
Antonyms: |
conceal, hide, refrain |
| Main Entry: | frisk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cavort |
Synonyms: |
bounce, caper, dance, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, play, prance, rollick, romp, skip, sport, trip |