| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | athletic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relating to sports |
| Synonyms: | competitive, contesting, exercise-related, recreational, sporting, team |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
| Synonyms: | coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look-see, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing |
| Main Entry: | plucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, bold, confident, courageous, daring, determined, fearless, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, lionhearted, nervy, persevering, spirited, sporting, spunky, stalwart, tenacious, unafraid, undaunted, unfearful, valiant |
| Main Entry: | square |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest, genuine |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, decent, equal, equitable, ethical, even, fair, fair-and-square, impartial, impersonal, just, nonpartisan, objective, on-the-level, sporting, sportspersonlike, straight, straightforward, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright |
| Antonyms: | deceiving, dishonest, fake |
| Main Entry: | hunting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the chase |
| Synonyms: | angling, big-game hunting, coursing, falconry, fishery, fishing, fowling, halieutics, hawking, shooting, sporting, stalking, the hunt, trapping, venatics, venery |
| Main Entry: | racing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competition |
| Synonyms: | competing, contest, darting, dashing, flying, galloping, hurrying, running, rushing, sailing, sport, sporting, sprinting, tearing, track, trotting, whizzing |
| Main Entry: | sportsmanlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sportsmanly |
| Synonyms: | clean, fair, forthright, good, honest, honorable, sincere, sporting |