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Synonyms of football

25 similar words

Another word for football is soccer. Other synonyms of football are league and ball.

Synonyms and similar words for football

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  • nuclear footballSynonym of football (“the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US...
  • atomic footballSynonym of football (“the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US...
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nounMore synonyms

  • association footballA ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their...
  • soccerAssociation football.
  • soccer football Australia, USSynonym of association football.
  • footy British, slangFootball (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
  • footie British, slangA blanket sleeper or similar covering that covers the foot.
  • footer British, slangFootball / soccer.
  • oikball BritishAssociation football.
  • wogball AustraliaSoccer.
  • American football BritishA team sport similar to rugby football, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at...
  • gridiron AustraliaThe field on which American football is played.
  • gridiron football AustraliaAmerican football and Canadian football, collectively.
  • Canadian footballA game similar to American football played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide (with two 20 yard-long...
  • Aussie rulesAustralian rules football.
  • AFLThe game of Australian rules football.
  • league
  • ball
  • pill Australia
  • soccer ball AustraliaA ball that is designed for use in the sport of soccer; a football.
  • pigskin USA football.
  • rugby ballA spheroidal ball designed for the sport of rugby.
  • VFL archaic

Meaning of football

  1. noun A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
  2. noun The ball used in any game called "football".
  3. noun Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.

Full definition of football

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Questions about synonyms of football

What is another word for football?
Football has 25 synonyms on Word.ws, such as soccer, league and ball.
What does football mean?
Football means a sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: football (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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