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

warfares

  • altercations
  • animosities
  • antagonisms
  • antipathies
  • arguments
  • ball games
  • battles
  • bickers
  • brawls
  • clashes
  • cold wars
  • collisions
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • contentions
  • contests
  • controversies
  • debates
  • disaccords
  • disagreements
  • discordances
  • discordancies
  • discords
  • disharmonies
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dissents
  • dissidences
  • dissonances
  • disunions
  • disunities
  • divides
  • divisions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • enmities
  • face-offs
  • falling-outs
  • fallings-out
  • fights
  • fissures
  • frictions
  • grapples
  • hassles
  • horse races
  • hostilities
  • ill wills
  • incompatibilities
  • incongruences
  • incongruities
  • inconsistences
  • inconsistencies
  • inconsonances
  • infightings
  • inharmonies
  • jars
  • matches
  • miffs
  • mix-ups
  • nail-biters
  • quarrels
  • rancors
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • run-ins
  • schisms
  • scraps
  • showdowns
  • spats
  • squabbles
  • strifes
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tiffs
  • tugs-of-war
  • variances
  • wars
  • wrangles

face-offs

  • arguments
  • ball games
  • battles
  • clashes
  • collisions
  • combats
  • competitions
  • conflicts
  • confrontations
  • contentions
  • contests
  • controversies
  • debates
  • disagreements
  • discords
  • disputations
  • disputes
  • dissensions
  • dissentions
  • dogfights
  • duels
  • frictions
  • grapples
  • horse races
  • matches
  • nail-biters
  • quarrels
  • rivalries
  • rows
  • showdowns
  • strifes
  • struggles
  • sweep-stake
  • sweepstakes
  • tugs-of-war
  • warfares
  • wars
  • wrangles

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

deals

  • OKs
  • abundances
  • acceptances
  • accords
  • agreements
  • alliances
  • approvals
  • argues
  • armies
  • assents
  • associations
  • assurances
  • auctions
  • bails
  • ball games
  • bargains
  • barrels
  • barters
  • basketfuls
  • basketsful
  • bevies
  • bickers
  • binders
  • black-markets
  • boatloads
  • bonanzas
  • bonds
  • bonuses
  • boons
  • bootlegs
  • buckets
  • bunches
  • bundles
  • bushels
  • buys
  • carloads
  • chaffers
  • charters
  • cheapies
  • chunks
  • clashes
  • clearances
  • closeouts
  • compacts
  • comparison shops
  • concordats
  • concurrences
  • consents
  • contracts
  • conventions
  • corners
  • covenants
  • crams
  • crowds
  • crushes
  • cuts a deal
  • day-trades
  • deluges
  • deposits
  • dickers
  • dispositions
  • distributes
  • dozen
  • dozens
  • droves
  • embarrassments
  • engrosses
  • entente cordiales
  • ententes
  • epidemics
  • excesses
  • exchanges
  • fair-trades
  • fairs
  • fences
  • fights
  • fire sales
  • fistfuls
  • flocks
  • floods
  • footings
  • freebees
  • freebies
  • garage sales
  • gazillions
  • gifts
  • giveaways
  • gobs
  • good deals
  • guarantees
  • guaranties
  • haggles
  • hassles
  • hawks
  • heaps
  • herds
  • hordes
  • horse-trades
  • hosts
  • hundred
  • hundreds
  • insurances
  • invests
  • jillions
  • jumble sales
  • kazillions
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • leagues
  • legions
  • loads
  • lots
  • markdowns
  • markets
  • masses
  • merchandises
  • merchandizes
  • messes
  • million
  • millions
  • mobs
  • monopolizes
  • mountains
  • much
  • multiplicities
  • multitudes
  • myriads
  • negotiates
  • negotiations
  • oaths
  • okays
  • oodles
  • overabundances
  • overages
  • overflows
  • overkills
  • overmuch
  • oversupplies
  • packs
  • pacts
  • palters
  • partnerships
  • passels
  • pawns
  • pecks
  • peddles
  • pennyworth
  • pennyworths
  • picks up
  • pictures
  • piles
  • places
  • plagues
  • platefuls
  • pledges
  • plenitudes
  • plenties
  • plentitudes
  • plethoras
  • postures
  • potfuls
  • pots
  • premiums
  • presents
  • presses
  • profusions
  • promises
  • purchases
  • quantities
  • quarrels
  • quibbles
  • quite a bit
  • rafts
  • ranks
  • rashes
  • reams
  • rebuys
  • redundancies
  • resells
  • retails
  • rummage sales
  • sales
  • scads
  • scenes
  • scores
  • seals
  • seas
  • securities
  • sells
  • settlements
  • sheaves
  • shiploads
  • sights
  • silent auctions
  • situations
  • slews
  • smuggles
  • snips
  • spates
  • speculates
  • spots
  • squabbles
  • stacks
  • standings
  • states
  • status quos
  • statuses
  • steals
  • stores
  • stories
  • superabundances
  • superfluities
  • supplies
  • sureties
  • surfeits
  • surpluses
  • swaps
  • swarms
  • tag sales
  • takes
  • thousands
  • throngs
  • tons
  • trades
  • traffics
  • transactions
  • transacts
  • treaties
  • trillions
  • troths
  • truckloads
  • undersells
  • understandings
  • vends
  • volumes
  • vows
  • wads
  • warranties
  • wealths
  • wheels and deals
  • wholesales
  • windfalls
  • words
  • wrangles
  • yard sales
  • yards
  • zillions

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
  • meet
  • 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

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