sporting
adjectiveHow many syllables in sporting?
There are 2 syllables in the word sporting.How to pronounce sporting:
Definition of sporting:
- sporting (adjective):
- behaving in a fair and decent way
- trained for trapping or retrieving game
- of, relating to, used, or suitable for sport
- exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play.
Synonyms for sporting:
boisterousness
cavorting
devilry
deviltry
frivolity
frolicking
gamboling
gambolling
hijinks
impishness
joking
knavery
merrymaking
mischief
mischievousness
playfulness
prankishness
rambunctiousness
rascality
revelry
roguery
roguishness
roistering
romping
rowdiness
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Antonyms for sporting:
below the belt
biased
cheating
corrupt
crooked
deceitful
dirty
discreditable
discriminatory
dishonest
dishonorable
dishonourable
disreputable
double-dealing
down in the mud
foul
fraudulent
improper
inequitable
iniquitous
injurious
nasty
prejudicial
shameless
sleazy
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- possession
- lineage
- larynx
- trustful
- squandered
- satiate
- levelled
- controls
- butte
- two-word
- dappling
- chastely
- astral
- trickle
- tressels
- resealed
- pummel
- pickpack
- miscode
- fewest
- chiefly
- brioche
- bigot's
- vagueness
- pebbles
- abre
- weasel
- shameful
- peon
- frazzle
- eunuch
- avence
- roll up
- lemur
- jordans
- decoy
- sparkly
- pointer
- plaintive
- doughy
- acquaint
- Wendy
- longed-for
- blancmange
- riding
- plunging
- peeper
- betrothed
- subtle
- readded
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