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Synonyms of soccer

21 similar words

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

Synonyms and similar words for soccer

nounAssociation football.

  • footballAssociation football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other...
  • association footballA ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their...
  • soccer football Australia, USSynonym of soccer ball.
  • 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 British
  • gridiron Australia
  • 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 US
  • rugby ballA spheroidal ball designed for the sport of rugby.
  • VFL archaic

Meaning of soccer

  1. noun Association football.
  2. verb To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

Full definition of soccer

soccer in other languages

Questions about synonyms of soccer

What is another word for soccer?
Soccer has 21 synonyms on Word.ws, such as football, league and ball.
What does soccer mean?
Soccer means association football.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soccer (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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