sporting
(Informal)
[adjective]
Synonyms: fair, game (informal), sportsmanlike

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sport‧ing /ˈspɔːtɪŋ $ ˈspɔːr-/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: sporting, unsporting, sporty; verb: sport; noun: sport]

1. [only before noun] relating to sports:
The college offers a wide range of sporting activities.
one of the major sporting events of the year
a great sporting achievement
Britain’s sporting heroes
sporting goods American English:
a sporting goods store

2. British English someone who is sporting behaves in a fair and generous way during a game or competition and does not try to win in an unfair way Antonym : unsporting:
It was very sporting of them to wait until the rest of our team had arrived.

3. sporting chance (of doing something) a fairly good chance of succeeding or winning:
I think we’ve got a sporting chance of winning.
—sportingly adverb British English:
They sportingly agreed to postpone the race until our boat was repaired.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲