Played and Sported

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Played adjective - (of games) engaged in.

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Sported and played are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sported" instead the word "Played" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: play, playful, player, playing, playable

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Played and sported are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Played" instead the word "Sported" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: sport, sportive, sporty, sporting, sportful

The Wilbon expy, played by Malcolm Jamal Warner, instead of being bald/shaved, instead sported a full head of dreadlocks.

Source: Series / Pardon The Interruption
Ed Belfour: Known as The Eagle thanks to his emblematic mask that always sported an eagle in every team he's played with, Belfour is considered one of the best goalies of all time.

Source: Useful Notes / National Hockey League
Though played straight (hem, hem) with Priapus, a Greek god of fertility, who sported such a monster, and in fact is the source of the medical term for an unnaturally long-lasting erection.

Source: Ancient Greece

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Sported and Played. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/played/sported

Played & Sported. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/played/sported>.

Sported or Played. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/played/sported.

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