athletics

Speech parts

1. athletics - Noun

2. Athletics - Proper noun

Meaning

The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sport exercise sports track and field Games athletic competition athletic contest olympic pes Olympic Games game play practice athlete drill
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Antonyms

inertia negligence inactivity inaction idleness laziness
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Hypernyms

competition contest recreation diversion extracurricular activity

Hyponyms

olympiad Olympics aquatics Olympic Games pentathlon meet

Phrases with the word

as athletics series of athletics events event in athletics heavy athletics field-and-track athletics regular athletics

Anagrams

estatlich

Examples

All the genres of philosophy, science, high art, athletics and politics were invented by men. But by the Promethean law of conflict and capture, woman has a right to seize what she will and vie with man on her own terms. Camille Paglia

Athletics is a luxury. Roger Bannister

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts. Roger Staubach

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town. Zola Budd

I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty. Clark Kerr

On the 2004 Summer Olympics: "Nobody proposed me anything to do with the Olympics. Nothing. Maybe the Olympics have become too much of a supermarket now. The other athletics events have more of the spirit of the Olympics." Vangelis

Close letter words and terms

athleticize athletick athleticness athleticwear athletism athletize