The English team beat the Brazilian team in the international football tournament.
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Football
/ˈfʊtbɔːl/
Synonyms for "football" (50 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Noun(9 words)
Strong matches (15)
Noun(7 words)
Related words (25)
Noun(16 words)
footiefootygame-relatedgear-relatedgridiron footballleagueorganizationalpigskinpigskinspillrugby ballsoccer ballsoccer footballsport-relatedvflwogball
Related word relations
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More general
15 entriesathleticsballcompetitioncontact sportcultureequipmentfield gamegamegeargovernancepolicyprotective gearsportsports equipmentteam sport
More specific
16 entriesAmerican footballarena footballassociation footballbeach footballcollege footballfive-a-side footballfootball bootsfootball broadcastingfootball governancefootball helmetfootball sponsorshipfutsalleather footballprofessional footballsynthetic footballtraining ball
Collocations
10 entriesAmerican footballassociation footballfootball culturefootball fanfootball fieldfootball leaguefootball matchfootball seasonfootball stadiumfootballer
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ավստրալական ֆուտբոլ noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
- ռեգբիլիգ noun (game in New South Wales, Queensland)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 澳式足球 noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 澳式足球 noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
Czech
1 entries- australský fotbal noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
Danish
4 entries- australsk fodbold noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
- fodbold noun (practise of any of these games)
- fodboldspil noun (practise of any of these games)
- rugby noun (game in New South Wales, Queensland)
Dutch
1 entries- voetballen noun (practise of any of these games)
Estonian
1 entries- jalgpall noun (practise of any of these games)
Faroese
1 entries- avstralskur fótbóltur noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
Finnish
3 entries- australialainen jalkapallo noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
- jalkapallo noun (practise of any of these games)
- rugby league noun (game in New South Wales, Queensland)
French
2 entries- football australien noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
- rugby à XIII noun (game in New South Wales, Queensland)
German
1 entries- Australian Football noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
Macedonian
2 entries- австралиски фудбал noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
- рагби noun (game in New South Wales, Queensland)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fotball noun (practise of any of these games)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fotball noun (practise of any of these games)
Polish
2 entries- futbol australijski noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
- piłka nożna noun (practise of any of these games)
Romanian
4 entries- fotbal noun (practise of any of these games)
- fotbal australian noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
- joc de fotbal noun (practise of any of these games)
- rugbi în XIII noun (game in New South Wales, Queensland)
Russian
1 entries- австрали́йский футбо́л noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
Scots
1 entries- fitbaw noun (practise of any of these games)
Welsh
1 entries- pêl-droed noun (practise of any of these games)
West-Frisian
1 entries- fuotbalje noun (practise of any of these games)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Though it was raining, we played football.
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The Roman football game was like the Greek game.
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Rugby, American football, and Australian rules football all come from soccer.
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Showing 4 of 29 available sentences.