Meaning & use
aquatics
Sports and activities that take place in or on water, such as swimming and diving.
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The Olympic aquatics program includes swimming, diving, water polo, and artistic swimming events.
She trains every morning at the university's aquatics center before her classes begin.
A note on using this word
Aquatics is normally treated as a singular, uncountable term for the category of sports, not a plural count noun.
Words with a similar meaning
water sports
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