football

[foot-bawl] / ˈfʊtˌbɔl /

NOUN

a sport

Synonyms

STRONGEST

soccer

STRONG

rugby

WEAK

American football Association football Canadian football grid game gridiron pastime the pigskin sport

NOUN

the ball used in football

Synonyms

STRONG

moleskin oval peanut pigskin pineapple porker sphere watermelon

WEAK

inflated oval regulation football

Example Sentences

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"I think he's an excellent coach, and we think that he plays the style of football that our supporters and the broader football public want to see."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Iraola has secured European football for Bournemouth next season, for the first time in the club's history.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Four years ago, Shankland was part of the Beerschot team that had just been relegated to the second tier of Belgian football.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Two adverts on Instagram which featured football stars Harry Kane and Erling Haaland were banned for being "irresponsible", the UK's advertising watchdog says.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Most of us didn’t even own sports shoes and played football barefoot to save our school shoes.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo