ball game

The phrase “ball game” has 2 syllables: ball game

It's pronounced as /bɔl ɡeɪm/


What is synonym and antonym for ball game?

In the thesaurus, “ball game” has 59 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ball game along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ball game

  • argument
  • battle
  • big picture
  • clash
  • collision
  • combat
  • competition
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • deal
  • debate
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissention
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • face-off
  • footing
  • friction
  • full particulars
  • grapple
  • horse race
  • ins and outs
  • lay of the land
  • match
  • nail-biter
  • picture
  • place
  • posture
  • quarrel
  • rank
  • rivalry
  • row
  • scene
  • score
  • showdown
  • situation
  • spot
  • standing
  • state
  • status
  • status quo
  • story
  • strife
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • the score
  • tug-of-war
  • war
  • warfare
  • whole picture
  • wrangle

Antonyms for ball game

Meanings of ball game

  • noun
    1. Any game played with a ball.
    2. A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.
    3. A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.
    4. Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.

Example Sentences

  • The team's performance in the first half really set the tone for the entire ball game.
  • It's not over until the final whistle blows, anything can happen in the last minutes of a close ball game.
  • Despite their efforts, they couldn't turn the tide and ended up losing the ball game.
  • His home run in the ninth inning changed the momentum of the ball game entirely.
  • The crowd erupted into cheers as the winning goal was scored, securing victory in the ball game.

On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ball game, such as: argument, battle, big picture, clash, collision, combat, competition.

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Related Words

face off

  • argue
  • argument
  • ball game
  • battle
  • brave
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collision
  • combat
  • compete
  • competition
  • conflict
  • confront
  • confrontation
  • contend
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • dare
  • debate
  • defy
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissention
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • encounter
  • engage
  • fight
  • friction
  • go one-on-one
  • go out
  • go up against
  • grapple
  • horse race
  • jockey
  • jostle
  • maneuver
  • match
  • nail-biter
  • play
  • quarrel
  • race
  • rival
  • rivalry
  • row
  • run-in
  • showdown
  • skirmish
  • strife
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • take on
  • train
  • try out
  • tug-of-war
  • vie
  • war
  • warfare
  • work
  • wrangle

war

  • action
  • altercation
  • animosity
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • argument
  • attack
  • attempt
  • avert
  • ball game
  • battle
  • bicker
  • bloodshed
  • bombard
  • brawl
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • campaign against
  • challenge
  • civil war
  • clash
  • cold war
  • collision
  • combat
  • competition
  • conflagration
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • conserve
  • contend
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • cover
  • debate
  • defend
  • differ
  • disaccord
  • disagree
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • discordance
  • discordancy
  • disharmony
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • dissention
  • dissidence
  • dissonance
  • disunion
  • disunity
  • divide
  • division
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • endeavor
  • engage in combat
  • engagement
  • enmity
  • face-off
  • falling-out
  • fence
  • fend
  • fight
  • fighting
  • fissure
  • forfend
  • friction
  • go to war
  • grapple
  • guard
  • hassle
  • holy war
  • horse race
  • hostilities
  • hostility
  • hot war
  • ill will
  • incompatibility
  • incongruence
  • incongruity
  • incongruousness
  • inconsistence
  • inconsistency
  • inconsonance
  • infighting
  • inharmoniousness
  • inharmony
  • jar
  • keep
  • kill
  • limited war
  • make war
  • march against
  • match
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  • miff
  • mix-up
  • murder
  • nail-biter
  • oppose
  • oppugn
  • palisade
  • picket
  • police action
  • preserve
  • prevent
  • protect
  • quarrel
  • rancor
  • resist
  • rivalry
  • row
  • run-in
  • safeguard
  • save
  • schism
  • scrap
  • screen
  • secure
  • shell
  • shield
  • shoot
  • showdown
  • skirmish
  • spat
  • squabble
  • strife
  • strike
  • strive
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • take on
  • take the field against
  • take up arms
  • tiff
  • tug
  • tug-of-war
  • variance
  • wage war
  • wall
  • ward
  • warfare
  • withstand
  • world war
  • wrangle

deal

  • OK
  • abundance
  • acceptance
  • accord
  • administer
  • agreement
  • alliance
  • allot
  • appointment
  • apportion
  • approval
  • argue
  • army
  • arrangement
  • assent
  • assign
  • association
  • assurance
  • auction
  • bail
  • ball game
  • bargain
  • barrel
  • barter
  • basketful
  • bestow
  • bevy
  • bicker
  • binder
  • black-market
  • boatload
  • bonanza
  • bond
  • bonus
  • boon
  • bootleg
  • bucket
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • bushel
  • buy
  • buy and sell
  • carload
  • chaffer
  • chance
  • charter
  • cheapie
  • chunk
  • clash
  • clearance
  • closeout
  • come across with
  • compact
  • comparison shop
  • compromise
  • conception
  • concordat
  • concurrence
  • consent
  • contract
  • convention
  • corner
  • covenant
  • cram
  • crowd
  • crush
  • cut a deal
  • cut and shuffle
  • day-trade
  • degree
  • deliver
  • deluge
  • deposit
  • dicker
  • disburse
  • dish out
  • dispense
  • disperse
  • disposition
  • disseminate
  • distribute
  • distribution
  • divide
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  • dole out
  • dozen
  • drop
  • drove
  • embarrassment
  • engross
  • entente
  • entente cordiale
  • epidemic
  • excess
  • exchange
  • extent
  • fair
  • fair-trade
  • fence
  • fight
  • fire sale
  • fistful
  • flock
  • flood
  • footing
  • fork out
  • fork over
  • freebee
  • freebie
  • fresh start
  • game
  • garage sale
  • gazillion
  • gift
  • give
  • giveaway
  • gobs
  • good deal
  • guarantee
  • guaranty
  • haggle
  • hammer out deal
  • hand
  • hand out
  • handle
  • hassle
  • hawk
  • heap
  • herd
  • horde
  • horse-trade
  • horse-trading
  • host
  • hundred
  • impart
  • inflict
  • insurance
  • invest
  • jillion
  • jumble sale
  • kazillion
  • knock down price
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • league
  • legion
  • loads
  • lot
  • markdown
  • market
  • mass
  • measure
  • merchandise
  • merchandize
  • mess
  • mete out
  • million
  • mob
  • monopolize
  • mountain
  • much
  • multiplicity
  • multitude
  • myriad
  • negotiate
  • negotiation
  • oath
  • okay
  • oodles
  • opportunity
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • oversupply
  • pack
  • pact
  • palter
  • partake
  • participate
  • partition
  • partnership
  • passel
  • pawn
  • peck
  • peddle
  • pennyworth
  • pick up
  • picture
  • pile
  • place
  • plague
  • plateful
  • pledge
  • plenitude
  • plentitude
  • plenty
  • plethora
  • portion
  • posture
  • pot
  • potful
  • prearrangement
  • premium
  • present
  • press
  • profusion
  • promise
  • purchase
  • quantity
  • quarrel
  • quibble
  • quite a bit
  • raft
  • rank
  • rash
  • reams
  • rebuy
  • redundancy
  • render
  • resell
  • retail
  • reward
  • round
  • rummage sale
  • sale
  • scads
  • scene
  • score
  • sea
  • seal
  • security
  • sell
  • settlement
  • shake
  • share
  • sheaf
  • shipload
  • sight
  • silent auction
  • situation
  • slew
  • smuggle
  • snip
  • spate
  • speculate
  • spot
  • squabble
  • stack
  • standing
  • state
  • status
  • status quo
  • steal
  • stock
  • store
  • story
  • strike
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • supply
  • surety
  • surfeit
  • surplus
  • swap
  • swarm
  • tag sale
  • take
  • thousands
  • throng
  • ton
  • trade
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  • transact
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  • treaty
  • trillion
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  • truckload
  • undersell
  • understanding
  • vend
  • volume
  • vow
  • wad
  • warranty
  • wealth
  • wheel and deal
  • wholesale
  • windfall
  • word
  • work out deal
  • wrangle
  • yard
  • yard sale
  • zillion

warfare

  • altercation
  • animosity
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • argument
  • armed struggle
  • arms
  • ball game
  • battle
  • bicker
  • blows
  • brawl
  • campaigning
  • clash
  • cold war
  • collision
  • combat
  • competition
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • counterinsurgency
  • debate
  • disaccord
  • disagreement
  • discord
  • discordance
  • discordancy
  • disharmony
  • disputation
  • dispute
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • dissention
  • dissidence
  • dissonance
  • disunion
  • disunity
  • divide
  • division
  • dogfight
  • duel
  • emulation
  • enmity
  • face-off
  • falling-out
  • fight
  • fighting
  • fissure
  • friction
  • grapple
  • hassle
  • horse race
  • hostilities
  • hostility
  • ill will
  • incompatibility
  • incongruence
  • incongruity
  • incongruousness
  • inconsistence
  • inconsistency
  • inconsonance
  • infighting
  • inharmoniousness
  • inharmony
  • jar
  • match
  • miff
  • military operation
  • mix-up
  • nail-biter
  • passage of arms
  • quarrel
  • rancor
  • rivalry
  • row
  • run-in
  • schism
  • scrap
  • showdown
  • spat
  • squabble
  • strategy
  • strife
  • striving
  • struggle
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tiff
  • tug-of-war
  • variance
  • war
  • wrangle

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