balled

The word “balled” has 2 syllables: bal-led

It's pronounced as /bɒld/


What is synonym and antonym for balled?

In the thesaurus, “balled” has 39 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for balled

  • agglomerated
  • annular
  • beaded
  • bulbous
  • bunched
  • circular
  • clumped
  • curved
  • cylindric
  • cylindrical
  • disciform
  • discoid
  • discoidal
  • disklike
  • elliptic
  • elliptical
  • global
  • globular
  • hooplike
  • looped
  • lumped
  • oblong
  • oval
  • ovate
  • ovoid
  • ovoidal
  • pearled
  • pelleted
  • pelletized
  • ringlike
  • rolled
  • rotund
  • round
  • rounded
  • roundish
  • sphered
  • spherical
  • spiral
  • wadded

Antonyms for balled

  • flattened
  • nonspherical
  • opened
  • smoothed
  • spread
  • unfolded
  • unrolled

Meanings of balled

  • verb
    1. To form or wind into a ball.
    2. To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
    3. To have sexual intercourse with.
    4. To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
    5. (usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
    6. To play basketball.
    7. To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
  • adjective
    1. (in combination) Having a specified kind or number of balls.

Example Sentences

  • He balled up the paper and threw it in the trash.
  • She balled her fists in frustration.
  • The cat balled itself into a tight circle for a nap.
  • They balled their socks before putting them in the drawer.
  • The chef balled the dough and prepared it for baking.

On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to balled, such as: agglomerated, annular, beaded, bulbous, bunched, circular, clumped.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

debarred

  • banished
  • banned
  • barred
  • blackballed
  • blacklisted
  • blocked
  • ceased
  • checked off
  • closed out
  • deported
  • deterred
  • discontinued
  • disregarded
  • eliminated
  • excepted
  • excluded
  • excommunicated
  • exiled
  • expelled
  • froze out
  • halted
  • hindered
  • impeded
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • ostracized
  • ousted
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • prohibited
  • ruled out
  • shut out
  • staved off
  • suspended
  • threw out

ballooned

  • accelerated
  • accumulated
  • appreciated
  • bagged
  • ballooning
  • beetled
  • bellied
  • belly
  • billowed
  • blew up
  • bloated
  • blow up
  • blown
  • blown up
  • boomed
  • bourgeoned
  • built up
  • bulge
  • bulged
  • bulging
  • bulked
  • bunched
  • burgeoned
  • climbed
  • crescendoed
  • crested
  • dilate
  • dilated
  • dilating
  • distend
  • distended
  • domed
  • elongated
  • enlarge
  • enlarged
  • escalated
  • expand
  • expanded
  • extended
  • gained
  • heightened
  • increased
  • inflate
  • inflated
  • intensified
  • jumped
  • jutted
  • lengthened
  • mounted
  • multiplied
  • mushroomed
  • overhung
  • overinflated
  • peaked
  • poked
  • pooched
  • pouched
  • pouted
  • projected
  • proliferated
  • protruded
  • protuberant
  • puff out
  • puffed
  • redoubled
  • rocketed
  • rolled up
  • rose
  • skyrocketed
  • snowballed
  • spread
  • started
  • stood out
  • stretched
  • stuck out
  • surged
  • swell
  • swelled
  • swollen
  • tumescent
  • tumid
  • turgescent
  • turgid
  • varicose
  • varicosed
  • ventricose
  • waxed

negatived

  • abjured
  • annulled
  • avoided
  • backed down
  • backed off
  • backtracked
  • banned
  • blackballed
  • blacklisted
  • blew off
  • bypassed
  • challenged
  • checked
  • confuted
  • constrained
  • contradicted
  • controverted
  • corrected
  • counteracted
  • counterbalanced
  • counterpoised
  • curbed
  • declined
  • denied
  • deselected
  • detoured
  • disaffirmed
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • disavowed
  • disclaimed
  • disconfirmed
  • disdained
  • dismissed
  • disowned
  • disproved
  • disputed
  • downed
  • enjoined
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forbore
  • foreswore
  • forswore
  • gainsaid
  • held
  • hindered
  • ignored
  • impeded
  • invalidated
  • kept
  • killed
  • negated
  • neutered
  • neutralized
  • nixed
  • nullified
  • obstructed
  • offset
  • outbalanced
  • outweighed
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • passed
  • passed up
  • prohibited
  • proscribed
  • rebuffed
  • rebutted
  • recalled
  • recanted
  • redeemed
  • redressed
  • refused
  • refuted
  • rejected
  • relieved
  • remedied
  • reneged
  • renounced
  • repelled
  • repressed
  • reprobated
  • repudiated
  • restrained
  • restricted
  • retracted
  • revoked
  • scorned
  • scouted
  • shot down
  • spurned
  • stuck
  • threw out
  • threw over
  • took back
  • traversed
  • turned down
  • unsaid
  • vetoed
  • withdrew
  • withheld

enlarged

  • accelerated
  • accumulated
  • added to
  • aggrandized
  • amassed
  • amplified
  • appreciated
  • augmented
  • ballooned
  • blew up
  • bloated
  • blown up
  • boomed
  • boosted
  • bourgeoned
  • broadened
  • built up
  • bulked
  • burgeoned
  • caricatured
  • climbed
  • collected
  • complemented
  • compounded
  • crescendoed
  • crested
  • delivered
  • developed
  • dilated
  • discharged
  • disembarrassed
  • disencumbered
  • disengaged
  • disentangled
  • disenthraled
  • disenthralled
  • distended
  • drew out
  • elaborated
  • elongated
  • emancipated
  • embellished
  • embroidered
  • enfranchised
  • enhanced
  • escalated
  • exaggerated
  • expanded
  • extended
  • extricated
  • filled out
  • followed up
  • freed
  • gained
  • grandiose
  • heightened
  • hyped
  • hyped-up
  • hyperbolized
  • increased
  • inflated
  • intensified
  • jumped
  • lengthened
  • liberated
  • loosed
  • loosened
  • magnified
  • manumitted
  • maximized
  • mounted
  • multiplied
  • mushroomed
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • overblown
  • overdone
  • overdrawn
  • overemphasized
  • overplayed
  • overstated
  • overweening
  • padded
  • parlayed
  • paroled
  • peaked
  • preposterous
  • proliferated
  • prolonged
  • protracted
  • pumped up
  • raised
  • ransomed
  • redeemed
  • redoubled
  • reenforced
  • reinforced
  • released
  • rescued
  • rocketed
  • rolled up
  • rose
  • saved
  • skyrocketed
  • snowballed
  • spiked
  • sprang
  • spread
  • sprung
  • stoked
  • strengthened
  • stretched
  • supersized
  • supplemented
  • surged
  • swelled
  • swollen
  • tumid
  • turgid
  • turned loose
  • unbound
  • uncaged
  • unchained
  • unfettered
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • unreasonable
  • unshackled
  • upped
  • waxed
  • widened

ganged up

  • affiliated
  • allied
  • amalgamated
  • associated
  • caballed
  • clubbed
  • coalesced
  • cohered
  • collaborated
  • combined
  • confederated
  • conglomerated
  • conjoined
  • consolidated
  • converged
  • cooperated
  • federated
  • grouped
  • hung together
  • incorporated
  • joined
  • knotted
  • leagued
  • linked
  • merged
  • organized
  • tied
  • unionized
  • united
  • wed
  • wedded

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