decathlon

The word “decathlon” has 3 syllables: de-cath-lon

It's pronounced as /dɪˈkæθlɒn/


What is synonym and antonym for decathlon?

In the thesaurus, “decathlon” has 52 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for decathlon along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for decathlon

  • athletics
  • battle
  • biathlon
  • bout
  • championship
  • classic
  • competition
  • conflict
  • contest
  • dead heat
  • derby
  • event
  • field day
  • final
  • game
  • gymkhana
  • heat
  • heptathlon
  • marathon
  • match
  • matchup
  • meet
  • nightcap
  • open
  • outing
  • pentathlon
  • photo finish
  • play-off
  • race
  • rally
  • round
  • round-robin
  • rubber
  • run
  • runoff
  • scrimmage
  • seesaw
  • semifinal
  • set
  • skirmish
  • sport
  • struggle
  • sudden death
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tournament
  • tourney
  • triathlon
  • tug-of-war
  • tussle
  • ultramarathon
  • volley

Meanings of decathlon

  • noun
    1. An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
    2. A contest in science and math proving skill.

Example Sentences

  • He trained for months to compete in the decathlon at the upcoming Olympic Games.
  • The decathlon consists of ten different events, testing both strength and endurance.
  • She broke the national record in the decathlon with her outstanding performance.
  • Competing in a decathlon requires a wide range of athletic skills, from sprinting to long jump.
  • After winning the decathlon, he was celebrated as one of the best multi-sport athletes in the world.

On this page you'll find 52 synonyms or another words to decathlon, such as: athletics, battle, biathlon, bout, championship, classic, competition.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

ultramarathon

  • battle
  • biathlon
  • championship
  • conflict
  • dead heat
  • decathlon
  • derby
  • field day
  • final
  • gymkhana
  • heat
  • heptathlon
  • marathon
  • nightcap
  • open
  • outing
  • pentathlon
  • photo finish
  • play-off
  • race
  • rally
  • round
  • round-robin
  • rubber
  • run
  • runoff
  • scrimmage
  • seesaw
  • semifinal
  • set
  • skirmish
  • struggle
  • sudden death
  • triathlon
  • tug-of-war
  • tussle
  • volley

game

  • accommodating
  • adventure
  • agreeable
  • aim
  • ambit
  • amenable
  • amplitude
  • amusement
  • appointment
  • area
  • arena
  • arrangement
  • art
  • assignment
  • athletics
  • bad
  • bailiwick
  • barony
  • battle
  • berth
  • biathlon
  • billet
  • blueprint
  • bold
  • bout
  • breadth
  • business
  • butt
  • call
  • calling
  • championship
  • chase
  • circle
  • classic
  • collusion
  • compass
  • competition
  • compliant
  • conception
  • confine
  • conflict
  • conspiracy
  • contest
  • contrivance
  • cooperative
  • counterplan
  • counterstrategy
  • courageous
  • craft
  • dauntless
  • dead heat
  • decathlon
  • deformed
  • demesne
  • department
  • derby
  • derision
  • design
  • desirous
  • device
  • diagram
  • disabled
  • discipline
  • disposed
  • distraction
  • diversion
  • dogged
  • domain
  • duty
  • eager
  • element
  • employment
  • engagement
  • enterprise
  • enthused
  • enthusiastic
  • event
  • excited
  • extent
  • facetiousness
  • fain
  • favorable
  • fearless
  • festivity
  • fief
  • fiefdom
  • field
  • field day
  • final
  • firmament
  • fish
  • flightiness
  • flippancy
  • formula
  • fowl
  • frivolity
  • frivolousness
  • frolic
  • front
  • frontier
  • frothiness
  • fun
  • function
  • gallant
  • gambit
  • game plan
  • gig
  • glad
  • ground plan
  • gymkhana
  • handcraft
  • handicraft
  • hardy
  • heat
  • heptathlon
  • heroic
  • hoax
  • idea
  • incapacitated
  • inclined
  • injured
  • intent
  • intention
  • interested
  • intrepid
  • jest
  • job
  • joke
  • ken
  • kill
  • kingdom
  • lame
  • lark
  • lay
  • layout
  • levity
  • lifework
  • light-mindedness
  • line
  • livelihood
  • living
  • load
  • maimed
  • maneuver
  • map
  • marathon
  • master plan
  • match
  • matchup
  • means
  • meat
  • meet
  • merriment
  • merrymaking
  • metier
  • minded
  • mission
  • nervy
  • nightcap
  • obedient
  • object of ridicule
  • obliging
  • occupation
  • office
  • open
  • outing
  • pastime
  • pattern
  • pentathlon
  • persevering
  • persistent
  • photo finish
  • place
  • plan
  • platform
  • play
  • play-off
  • plot
  • ploy
  • plucky
  • policy
  • position
  • post
  • practical joke
  • prank
  • precinct
  • predisposed
  • prepared
  • prey
  • procedure
  • proceeding
  • profession
  • program
  • project
  • projet
  • prompt
  • prone
  • proposal
  • protocol
  • province
  • purpose
  • pursuit
  • quarry
  • quick
  • race
  • racket
  • rally
  • raven
  • ravin
  • reach
  • ready
  • realm
  • receptive
  • recipe
  • recreation
  • resolute
  • responsive
  • road map
  • romp
  • round
  • round-robin
  • rubber
  • run
  • runoff
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • scope
  • scrimmage
  • seesaw
  • semifinal
  • set
  • setup
  • silliness
  • situation
  • skirmish
  • specialty
  • sphere
  • spirited
  • sport
  • sports
  • spunky
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • struggle
  • study
  • subfield
  • subject
  • submissive
  • subspecialty
  • subterfuge
  • sudden death
  • sweep
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • swift
  • system
  • tactic
  • task
  • technique
  • terrain
  • territory
  • tournament
  • tourney
  • trade
  • triathlon
  • trick
  • tug-of-war
  • turf
  • tussle
  • ultramarathon
  • unafraid
  • undertaking
  • unflinching
  • up for
  • valiant
  • valorous
  • vocation
  • volley
  • walk
  • way
  • weak
  • weakened
  • width
  • wild animals
  • willing
  • work
  • workload

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