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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She used to work behind the bar in the local football team's social club.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

"If this is the future of football, you can stuff it."

From BBC • May 4, 2026

He played pool at least four nights a week for the Luck Penny or Staffordshire Bull A teams and played football for Stafford Falcons, they added.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

A clip from 1994 showing experts making predictions for where football would be in 10 years recently resurfaced on social media, and fans online cannot believe how prescient some of their forecasts proved to be.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Coal met Theodore Guzman on the football field in second grade.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste