Synonyms & related words for sportswomen

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Words related to sportswomen

Explore words related to sportswomen — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include sportswoman, sportsperson, sportsman, sportsmen, athlete, sport, triathletes, sportsmanlike. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does sportswomen come from?

The word sportswomen breaks down into 3 roots of Old French, English, and Old English origin: sport, from Old French desport (“diversion, play”); s, from English -es (“genitive/plural link”); and women, from Old English wifmenn (“female persons”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.