Tennis synonyms

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professional tennis
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lawn-tennis
Tennis played on a grass court
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court-tennis
A form of tennis played in a large indoor court with a specially marked-out floor and high cement walls off which the ball may be played.
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match-play
(Golf) A form of competitive play in which the score is calculated by counting holes won rather than strokes taken
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sport (related)
An object of mockery, jest, or play:
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platform tennis
A type of paddle tennis using a rubber ball: the platform is surrounded by a wire screen, off which the ball may be played
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tennis tournament
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net game
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the tennis racket
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boules (related)
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table-tennis
A game similar to lawn tennis, played on a table with wooden paddles and a small hollow plastic ball.
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racquetball (related)
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amateur tennis
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basket-ball (related)
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volley-ball (related)
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squash (related)
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snooker (related)
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hockey (related)
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croquet (related)
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pétanque (related)
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badminton (related)
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volleyball (related)
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basketball (related)
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Find another word for tennis. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tennis, like: professional tennis, lawn-tennis, court-tennis, match-play, sport, platform tennis, tennis tournament, net game, the tennis racket, boules and table-tennis.
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Tennis Sentence Examples

  • They like their iPods, their laptops, their cars, their tennis shoes, and so on.

  • She'd worn either sandals or tennis shoes.

  • At a later period when he had grown fat he accounted for his skill in taking "cut balls" at tennis by saying that he was a very "painstaking man."

  • The ballgame of the Mexicans, called tlachtli, was, like tennis, the pastime of princes and nobles; special courts were built for it, and the ball of india-rubber (perhaps the first object in which Europeans became acquainted with this valuable material) might not be touched by the hands, but was driven against the walls by blows of the knee or elbow, shoulder or buttock.

  • Slipping into a pair of tennis shoes, she headed for the kitchen.

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