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Synonyms of fastball

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Another word for fastball is cheese. Other synonyms of fastball are fireball, gas, heat and hummer.

Synonyms and similar words for fastball

nounMore synonyms

  • cheese slangA fastball.
  • fireballSynonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
  • gas slangA fastball.
  • heat slangA fastball.
  • hummer slangA fastball.

Meaning of fastball

  1. noun A high-speed pitch of a baseball.
  2. noun A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers.
  3. verb To throw (something) at a high speed.

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Questions about synonyms of fastball

What is another word for fastball?
Fastball has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as cheese, fireball, gas, heat and hummer.
What does fastball mean?
Fastball means a high-speed pitch of a baseball.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fastball (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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