sporting

Connected with games and physical activities that people do for exercise or competition.

• The shop sells sporting goods.
• We watched several sporting events this summer.
• The school has excellent sporting facilities.

Similar words: sports

Common phrases: sporting goods, sporting event, sporting activities

Behaving fairly and respectfully towards other players in a game or competition.

• She was a sporting opponent.
• His sporting gesture earned applause from both teams.
• It was sporting of you to admit the ball was out.

Similar words: sportsmanlike, fair

Opposites: unsporting

Common phrases: sporting gesture, sporting behaviour, sporting opponent

Being fair, generous, and willing to help or accept something difficult.

• That was a sporting offer.
• It was sporting of him to forgive the mistake.
• She gave us a sporting chance to finish the job.

How to use it: be sporting of someone to do something (It was sporting of her to lend us her car.)

Similar words: generous, fair, good-natured

Opposites: mean

Common phrases: sporting of someone, sporting offer, sporting chance

The activity of taking part in physical games or competitions.

• Sporting occupied much of his free time.
• Their weekends were devoted to outdoor sporting.
• The old diary describes a life of work and sporting.

Similar words: sport, sports participation

Common phrases: outdoor sporting, weekend sporting