Athletic and Sporting

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Athletic

Athletic adjective - Relating to or befitting athletics or athletes.
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Sporting is a synonym for athletic in relating to sports topic. In some cases you can use "Sporting" instead an adjective "Athletic". popular alternative
Nearby Words: athletics, athlete

Sporting

Sporting adjective - Relating to or used in sports.
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Athletic is a synonym for sporting. You can use "Athletic" instead an adjective "Sporting". popular alternative
Nearby Words: sport, sportive, sporty, sported

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  • Civvie Spandex When Wonder Girl joins the cast in season 2, she's shown sporting an outfit consisting of a Wonder Woman T-shirt and a pair of athletic pants.
    Source: Civvie Spandex
  • Comic Book / Richie Rich In one comic, Cadbury shows he can keep up with Richie's athletic uncle, Olympus Van Sporting, with very little effort (and Olympus winces at Cadbury's grip).
    Source: Comic Book / Richie Rich
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