Synonyms & related words for sportsmanlike

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of sportsmanlike. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to sportsmanlike

Explore words related to sportsmanlike — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include sporting, sporty, sportsmanship, unsporting, sportsman, sportswoman, sportsmen, unsportsmanlike. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does sportsmanlike come from?

The word sportsmanlike breaks down into 4 roots of Old French, English, and Old English origin: sport, from Old French desport (“diversion, play”); s, from English -es (“genitive/plural link”); man, from Old English mann (“person”); and -like, from Old English lic (“having the form of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.