Football definition
Football is a noun meaning "any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal." It has 2 meanings, listed below.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 8
- How common
- Everyday word
Football as a noun
any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
Same sense: football game
the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
Synonyms and antonyms
- football game
How to say football
Football has 2 syllables and rhymes with all. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with football
FOOTBALL in word games
- Scrabble
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Anagrams
- 0
Is FOOTBALL a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check FOOTBALL in the word checker, or unscramble FOOTBALL to see the shorter words in its letters.
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