All football synonyms

noun football

• soccer — a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their hands to catch, carry, throw, or stop the ball.
• rugby — a city in E Warwickshire, in central England.
• peanut — the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
• sphere — Geometry. a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 . the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
• oval — having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
• pigskin — the skin of a pig.
• moleskin — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
• porker — a pig, especially one being fattened for its meat.
• watermelon — the large, roundish or elongated fruit of a trailing vine, Citrullus lanata, of the gourd family, having a hard, green rind and a sweet, juicy, usually pink or red pulp.
• pineapple — the edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves.
• beach ball — A beach ball is a large, light ball filled with air, which people play with, especially on the beach.
• ball — A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball, and cricket.
• matter — a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
• point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
• problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
• issue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
• hot potato — Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with.
• bone of contention — If a particular matter or issue is a bone of contention, it is the subject of a disagreement or argument.
• american football — American football is a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts.
• association football — soccer
• canadian football — a game resembling American football, played on a grass pitch between two teams of 12 players