What does "tennis" mean?

A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.

What is a synonym for "tennis"?

Common synonyms include: bingo, checkers, chess, court sport, court-based, game.

/ˈtɛnɪs/ name, noun, verb

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Noun

1
A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. uncountable, usually
"“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”"
2
a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court wordnet
3
A match in this sport. dated, uncountable, usually
"We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises[…]"
4
An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand. obsolete, uncountable, usually
"tennis-balls"

Verb

1
To play tennis. dated, intransitive
2
To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball. transitive
"they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them"

Proper Noun

"He's Argentinean and he gives tennis lessons."

From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).