Dictionary Definition
sporty adj : (used especially of clothes) marked
by conspicuous display [syn: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy] [also: sportiest, sportier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ti
Adjective
- Favourable to sports
- She's perfect for me, as she's both studious and sporty.
Translations
- Finnish: urheilullinen
Extensive Definition
Sporty may refer to:
- Sportsmanship
- Casual clothing suitable for sport, or clothing sportingly fashionable or stylish.
- Wig Wam, a band with member Sporty on drums.
- Melanie Chisholm, "Sporty Spice" of the Spice Girls music group.
- Sporty Thievz, an American hip-hop group.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
brave,
bravura, braw, casual, chic, chichi, classy, daring, dashing, devil-may-care,
dressy, en deshabille,
exhibitionistic,
fashionable,
fast, flashing, flashy, flaunting, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glittering, in dishabille,
informal, jaunty, jazzy, loud, modish, raffish, rakehell, rakish, sharp, showy, smart, snazzy, spiffy, splashy, splurgy, stylish, swanky, swell, trendy