ATHLETICS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ATHLETICS?

Need another word that means the same as “athletics”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “athletics” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Athletics” are: sport, track and field events, sports, games, matches, races, contests, competitions

Athletics as a Noun

Definitions of "Athletics" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “athletics” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The sport of competing in track and field events, including running races and various competitions in jumping and throwing.
• A contest between athletes.
• Participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity.
• Physical sports and games of any kind.
• An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition.

Synonyms of "Athletics" as a noun (8 Words)

competitions	An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. Business competition can be fiendish at times.
contests	An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants.
games	Games the score at a particular point or the score needed to win. For him life is all fun and games.
matches	Something that resembles or harmonizes with. He always carries matches to light his pipe.
races	The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
sport	Someone who engages in sports. It was considered great sport to catch him out.
sports	Someone who engages in sports.
track and field events	A groove on a phonograph recording.

Associations of "Athletics" (30 Words)

fair	Without favoring one party in a fair evenhanded manner. A fairer distribution of wealth.
forceful	Forceful and definite in expression or action. A forceful speaker.
formalism	The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms. There is a formalism which expresses the idea of superposition.
hard	Causing great damage or hardship. He was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight.
hardness	Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness. He assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness.
hidebound	Unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention. They are working to change hidebound corporate cultures.
inelasticity	The lack of elasticity.
inflexible	Unwilling to change or compromise. An inflexible law.
muscular	Having a robust muscular body build characterized by predominance of structures bone and muscle and connective tissue developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer. The muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony.
obduracy	Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
resolute	Firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination. Faced with a resolute opposition.
rigid	Not able to be changed or adapted. Rigid bureaucratic controls.
rigidity	The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe. There was a regrettable rigidity in this decision.
rigidness	The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe.
rigor	The quality of being valid and rigorous. The rigors of boot camp.
rigour	Severity or strictness. The full rigour of the law.
secure	Get by special effort. A loan secured on your home.
severity	Something hard to endure. She stared at me with mock severity.
solid	Of good quality and condition solidly built. Solid color.
solidity	The quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally. The sheer strength and solidity of Romanesque architecture.
soundness	The quality of being based on valid reason or good judgement. Concern over the soundness of local financial institutions.
sportsmanship	Fair and generous behaviour or treatment of others, especially in a sporting contest. He displayed great sportsmanship in defeat.
stiff	In a stiff manner. A stiff breeze.
stiffness	Inability to move easily and without pain. The stiffness of a boot affects the mobility of the foot.
stringent	Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures. Stringent safety measures.
strong	Relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10 cm so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge and which conserves strangeness parity and isospin. Cotton is strong hard wearing and easy to handle.
tough	Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. He liked editors who were tough enough to make the grade.
unbending	Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances. An unbending will to dominate.
uncompromising	Harsh or relentless. She was uncompromising In her convictions.
unyielding	Stubbornly unyielding T S Eliot. The Atlantic hurled its waves at the unyielding rocks.