Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "basketball" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

basketball court basketball game boys hands gymnasium park sporting goods store store

Derived Terms

3x3 basketball antibasketball basketball American basketball court basketball player basketball shoes basketball shorts basketballdom basketballer basketballese basketbrawl nonbasketball wheelchair basketball

Derived From

basket

Context

sports

Has Property

big and orange bounced up and down full of air one form of exercise orange in color and round popular in america punctured round very popular with western children

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ball basketball equipment court game

Type Of (IsA)

aerobic exercise ball ball game basketball equipment court game fast and physically demanding sport fast moving game fast moving sport form of aerobic exercise form of exercise form or aerobic exercise fun game good example of sphere indoor sport inflatable object one way to relax after work passtime physical contest popular sport round object sport sports equipment subset of sports team game very good sport

Receives Action

dominated by black players filled with air gripped by hand played by many people played by tall men played by teams played on court used when playing basketball

Related Terms

ball basket college basketball hoop sport

Synonym Network

hoops

Used For

bounc bouncing bouncing around court dribbling getting team more points making basket passing shooting basket smash windows not recommended spin on finger throw throwing throwing through hoop or basket

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.