Basketball synonyms

băs'kĭt-bôl'

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hoop
(Plural) The game of basketball.
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b-ball
The game of basketball.
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sport (related)
An object of mockery, jest, or play:
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hoops
Plural form of hoop
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basketball game
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
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hoopfest
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cage meet
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court game
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round ball
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basket-ball (related)
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soccer (related)
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tennis (related)
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volleyball (related)
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football (related)
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squash (related)
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hockey (related)
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rugby (related)
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goalball (related)
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boccia (related)
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cricket (related)
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badminton (related)
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netball (related)
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softball (related)
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ice-hockey (related)
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baseball (related)
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Find another word for basketball. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for basketball, like: hoop, b-ball, sport, hoops, basketball game, hoopfest, cage meet, court game, round ball, basket-ball and soccer.
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Basketball Sentence Examples

  • We met at a school basketball game.

  • Dean had watched Billy play high school basketball the past winter.

  • He's a personable young man and a whale of a basketball player.

  • The wing housed an indoor basketball court, indoor pool, a small game room, and a huge theatre room where music blared from some action movie.

  • He knew who I was when we first talked at the basketball game, but it was years later he told me about it.

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