synchronized swimming

American  

noun

1. a sport growing out of water ballet in which swimmers, in solo, duet, and team efforts, complete various required figures by performing motions in relatively stationary positions, along with a freestyle competition, with the contestants synchronizing movements to music and being judged for body position, control, and the degree of difficulty of the moves.

2. a swimming exercise or exhibition derived from the competitive sport.

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synchronized swimming British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: synchro.   synchro swimming.  the art or sport of one or more swimmers moving in patterns in the water in time to music

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Etymology

Origin of synchronized swimming

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

“Synchronized Swimming”: Sure, it was pre-taped, and Lorne Michaels likes to pretend the early ’80s seasons never happened.

From Los Angeles Times

He was crucial to a new rule allowing male athletes in artistic swimming — formerly known as synchronized swimming — at the 2024 Summer Games.

From Los Angeles Times

Olympics: Bill May could become the first man ever to compete in artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, at the Games.

From New York Times

Second, in a discipline whose enthusiasm for homogeneity is reflected in its pre-2017 name, synchronized swimming, one of the athletes in the pool is very much not like the others.

From New York Times

TV in 2023 was like synchronized swimming.

From New York Times