Synonyms for Basketball:

• n.

  •
  • cage meet
  ,
  • hoopfest
  ,
  • round ball
  .
  • act
  • basketball
  .
  • ball
  • Ping-pong Ball
  ,
  • ball
  ,
  • ball bearing
  ,
  • bowling ball
  ,
  • cannon ball
  ,
  • eight ball
  ,
  • globe
  ,
  • globule
  ,
  • golf ball
  ,
  • medicine ball
  ,
  • orb
  ,
  • snowball
  ,
  • soft ball
  ,
  • sphere
  ,
  • tennis ball
  .
  • sport
  • Sharpshooting
  ,
  • archery
  ,
  • badminton
  ,
  • baseball
  ,
  • bowling
  ,
  • boxing
  ,
  • cricket
  ,
  • croquet
  ,
  • curling
  ,
  • discus
  ,
  • fencing
  ,
  • football
  ,
  • golf
  ,
  • handball
  ,
  • hockey
  ,
  • lacrosse
  ,
  • ping-pong
  ,
  • polo
  ,
  • pool
  ,
  • rugby
  ,
  • shinny
  ,
  • shot put
  ,
  • skating
  ,
  • snooker
  ,
  • soccer
  ,
  • softball
  ,
  • squash
  ,
  • table tennis
  ,
  • tennis
  ,
  • volleyball
  ,
  • water polo
  ,
  • wrestling
  .

• Other synonyms:

•
• beach ball
,
• birdie
,
• kickball
,
• pigskin
,
• pompom
,
• racket
,
• shuttlecock
.
•
• stick
.
•
• mallet
,
• marble
.
•
• bat
.
•
• jack
,
• paddle
.
•
• loose
,
• shot
.
•
• string
.

• Other relevant words:

• accomplish
,
• act
,
• act as
,
• action
,
• action at law
,
• action mechanism
,
• activeness
,
• activity
,
• adhere
,
• agree
,
• amaze
,
• amusement
,
• area
,
• arena
,
• arguing
,
• argument
,
• association football
,
• at large
,
• at-bat
,
• athletics
,
• audaciousness
,
• back
,
• backbone
,
• backlash
,
• baffle
,
• ball game
,
• ballgame
,
• ballock
,
• barb
,
• base on balls
,
• baseball game
,
• basketball backboard
,
• basketball hoop
,
• basketeer
,
• basketful
,
• battledore
,
• beano
,
• beat
,
• beetle
,
• bet
,
• bet on
,
• bewilder
,
• bid
,
• bile
,
• bind
,
• bird
,
• bitterness
,
• biz
,
• blast
,
• blastoff
,
• boast
,
• boat paddle
,
• bollock
,
• bond
,
• bounce
,
• bound
,
• bourgeon
,
• bowed stringed instrument
,
• bowl
,
• break
,
• bring
,
• buck
,
• burgeon forth
,
• cager
,
• cannonball
,
• caper
,
• capitulum
,
• carry out
,
• carry through
,
• catch
,
• cavort
,
• celestial sphere
,
• center field
,
• center of attention
,
• center on
,
• centerfield
,
• centre
,
• centre of attention
,
• chafe
,
• chain
,
• change of location
,
• changeable
,
• charge
,
• charity shot
,
• charity throw
,
• charity toss
,
• chatoyant
,
• cheat
,
• check
,
• cheekiness
,
• chess game
,
• child's play
,
• chiropteran
,
• chunk
,
• clamber
,
• classy
,
• clear
,
• cleave
,
• cling
,
• clobber
,
• clod
,
• clump
,
• coggle
,
• cohere
,
• compeer
,
• competition
,
• concentrate
,
• concentrate on
,
• consortium
,
• contend
,
• contest
,
• contestation
,
• control stick
,
• controversy
,
• core
,
• correspond
,
• cosmic string
,
• couple
,
• courageousness
,
• crack
,
• cream
,
• cricket bat
,
• crippled
,
• crush
,
• crust
,
• curled
,
• cyberspace
,
• dabble
,
• dally
,
• dart
,
• dash
,
• dead reckoning
,
• defend
,
• deposit
,
• diddle
,
• diddley
,
• diddly
,
• diddly-shit
,
• diddly-squat
,
• diddlyshit
,
• diddlysquat
,
• dig
,
• dip
,
• disport
,
• disputation
,
• dissipate
,
• dissonance
,
• dodder
,
• dollar volume
,
• domain
,
• doodly-squat
,
• douse
,
• drama
,
• dramatic play
,
• draughts
,
• draw
,
• drawing string
,
• drawstring
,
• drub
,
• dumbfound
,
• dunk shot
,
• ear
,
• earnings
,
• earth
,
• easy
,
• egg
,
• empale
,
• employee turnover
,
• empyrean
,
• encounter
,
• entertainment
,
• equal
,
• equalise
,
• equalize
,
• equate
,
• equipment
,
• escaped
,
• essence
,
• execute
,
• eye
,
• eyeball
,
• fearlessness
,
• feature
,
• fence
,
• fencing material
,
• fiddle
,
• field
,
• field hockey
,
• film
,
• final
,
• firmament
,
• fisticuffs
,
• fit
,
• flash
,
• flirt
,
• flummox
,
• flutter
,
• focus
,
• focus on
,
• fool
,
• fool away
,
• football game
,
• formal
,
• fortify
,
• foul shot
,
• fraudulent scheme
,
• free
,
• free rein
,
• freshness
,
• fret
,
• friction match
,
• frisk
,
• fritter
,
• fritter away
,
• frivol away
,
• frolic
,
• fulfil
,
• fulfill
,
• fun
,
• gage
,
• gambling
,
• gambol
,
• gamey
,
• gaming
,
• gamy
,
• germinate
,
• get
,
• gibe
,
• gimpy
,
• gist
,
• glob
,
• go
,
• gob
,
• golf game
,
• grapple
,
• grappling
,
• gravel
,
• greensward
,
• grit
,
• gritty
,
• guard duty
,
• guess
,
• guessing
,
• guesswork
,
• gumption
,
• gymnastic exercise
,
• halfway
,
• halt
,
• halting
,
• hammer
,
• hand-to-hand struggle
,
• handbasket
,
• heart
,
• heart and soul
,
• heavens
,
• hockey game
,
• hold
,
• hold fast
,
• idle
,
• illegitimate enterprise
,
• impale
,
• impertinence
,
• impudence
,
• informal
,
• inject
,
• injection
,
• insolence
,
• interest
,
• internet
,
• inwardness
,
• iridescent
,
• irk
,
• jack up
,
• jack-tar
,
• jackass
,
• jackfruit
,
• jacklight
,
• jackstones
,
• jak
,
• jaunt
,
• jibe
,
• joint
,
• jollify
,
• journey
,
• joystick
,
• jumper
,
• keno
,
• kernel
,
• kitty
,
• knave
,
• laborer
,
• labourer
,
• lace
,
• lame
,
• lap
,
• lark
,
• lark about
,
• larrup
,
• last
,
• lax
,
• legal action
,
• let loose
,
• liberal
,
• liberate
,
• lick
,
• light
,
• litigate
,
• locomote
,
• locomotion
,
• lodge
,
• loosen
,
• looseness
,
• lotto
,
• lucifer
,
• lucre
,
• lump
,
• make for
,
• make happy
,
• make merry
,
• mall
,
• maneuver
,
• manner of walking
,
• manoeuvre
,
• manual laborer
,
• marijuana cigarette
,
• mariner
,
• marrow
,
• mash
,
• match
,
• mate
,
• mates
,
• meat
,
• meet
,
• mesh
,
• meshing
,
• meshwork
,
• mettlesome
,
• middle
,
• midpoint
,
• midway
,
• military action
,
• move
,
• move around
,
• moxie
,
• musket ball
,
• mutant
,
• mutation
,
• mystify
,
• natural action
,
• natural process
,
• needle bearing
,
• nerve center
,
• net income
,
• net profit
,
• nett
,
• network
,
• nip
,
• nitty-gritty
,
• noise
,
• nonplus
,
• nub
,
• nut
,
• old salt
,
• on the loose
,
• one-half
,
• open
,
• oppose
,
• orbit
,
• orchis
,
• overturn
,
• packing
,
• pair
,
• paseo
,
• pass
,
• pastime
,
• peer
,
• peg
,
• pellet
,
• penalty free throw
,
• period of play
,
• perplex
,
• photograph
,
• physical activity
,
• pin
,
• pip
,
• pit
,
• pith
,
• play
,
• play off
,
• playact
,
• playground ball
,
• playing period
,
• plaza
,
• plot
,
• plunge
,
• pocket billiards
,
• pond
,
• pore
,
• pose
,
• posh
,
• precaution
,
• process
,
• profit
,
• profits
,
• promiscuous
,
• puddle
,
• pullulate
,
• punt
,
• pursuit
,
• puzzle
,
• racquet
,
• rally
,
• rancor
,
• rancour
,
• rassling
,
• recess
,
• recoil
,
• recreate
,
• reefer
,
• relax
,
• release
,
• repercussion
,
• represent
,
• repugn
,
• resentment
,
• resile
,
• respite
,
• revel
,
• reverberate
,
• revolve
,
• revolve about
,
• revolve around
,
• ricochet
,
• ring
,
• rival
,
• rivalry
,
• rivet
,
• roleplay
,
• roller bearing
,
• rollick
,
• romp
,
• round shot
,
• rugby football
,
• rugger
,
• run
,
• run around
,
• sack
,
• sack up
,
• saddle sore
,
• safeguard
,
• safety
,
• safety device
,
• sand
,
• saucer
,
• scene
,
• scoot
,
• scramble
,
• scud
,
• sea dog
,
• seafarer
,
• seaman
,
• secret plan
,
• sector
,
• sentry duty
,
• sentry go
,
• shaft
,
• shimmer
,
• shin
,
• shit
,
• shoot down
,
• shooter
,
• shooting
,
• shopping center
,
• shopping centre
,
• shopping mall
,
• shuttle
,
• skin
,
• skylark
,
• slack
,
• slam
,
• sluttish
,
• snap
,
• snapper
,
• snapshot
,
• sod
,
• softball game
,
• souse
,
• spank
,
• spectator sport
,
• sphere of influence
,
• spiel
,
• spike heel
,
• spike out
,
• spindle
,
• spirited
,
• splash around
,
• spliff
,
• sportsman
,
• sportswoman
,
• spring
,
• sprout
,
• spud
,
• spunky
,
• sputter
,
• squash racket
,
• squash rackets
,
• squash racquet
,
• squash racquets
,
• squash vine
,
• squat
,
• squeeze
,
• squelch
,
• stab
,
• stake
,
• stand by
,
• stay
,
• stay put
,
• stick around
,
• stick by
,
• stick to
,
• stiletto heel
,
• sting
,
• strand
,
• string along
,
• string up
,
• stroke
,
• struggle
,
• stuff shot
,
• stupefy
,
• substance
,
• sue
,
• sum
,
• summercater
,
• sward
,
• sweet sand verbena
,
• swoosh
,
• swordplay
,
• swosh
,
• syndicate
,
• take
,
• take a hop
,
• take on
,
• take the air
,
• tally
,
• tar
,
• team sport
,
• tear
,
• temerity
,
• testicle
,
• testis
,
• thrash
,
• thread
,
• tilt
,
• tip
,
• toddle
,
• totter
,
• touch
,
• tourney
,
• toy
,
• train
,
• transfix
,
• traveling
,
• travelling
,
• trifle
,
• trip
,
• turn
,
• turnover rate
,
• twin
,
• twine
,
• unaffixed
,
• unleash
,
• unloose
,
• unloosen
,
• upset
,
• variation
,
• vault of heaven
,
• vex
,
• volleyball game
,
• waddle
,
• wager
,
• walk of life
,
• walking
,
• walkway
,
• wanton
,
• ward
,
• wassail
,
• water sport
,
• web
,
• wedge
,
• welkin
,
• whoop it up
,
• wicket
,
• work
,
• world
,
• wreak
,
• wrestle
,
• Basket ball
,
• Basketballs
,
• Quintain
,
• Sports
,
• Tipcat
,
• aquatics
,
• athletic sports
,
• audacity
,
• b-ball
,
• basketball game
,
• basketball player
,
• battledore and shuttlecock
,
• bingo
,
• bravery
,
• brownball
,
• checkers
,
• chess
,
• contention
,
• courage
,
• court game
,
• fives
,
• gall
,
• game
,
• greasy pole
,
• guts
,
• gymnastics
,
• hoops
,
• horseshoes
,
• ice hockey
,
• internal parts
,
• lawn tennis
,
• pall-mall
,
• pallone
,
• professional basketball
,
• pugilism
,
• quoits
,
• rackets
,
• rounders
,
• sliding
,
• sport
,
• tent pegging
,
• tip-off
,
• tobogganing
,
• tournament
,
• turf
.
• basketball
• backboard
,
• basket
,
• center
,
• dunk
,
• field goal
,
• foul line
,
• foul out
,
• full-court press
,
• goaltending
,
• guard
,
• hoop
,
• in-bounds
,
• jump ball
,
• jump shot
,
• lay up
,
• net
,
• rebound
,
• slam dunk
,
• swish
,
• the NBA
,
• time out
,
• tip off
,
• travel
,
• turnover
,
• walk
.

What are the paraphrases for Basketball?

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ball.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    baseball.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    basket, NBA.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    balloon, basket, football, sneaker, soccer, team.

What are the hypernyms for Basketball?

• hypernyms for basketball (as nouns)

  • act
    professional basketball.

What are the hyponyms for Basketball?

• hyponyms for basketball (as nouns)

  • act
    court game.
  • artifact
    ball, basketball equipment.

What are the meronyms for Basketball?

• meronyms for basketball (as nouns)

  • act
    basketball shot, tap-off, tip-off, basketball play, half, rebound.