Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Typical Location

roof sporting goods store

Coordinate Terms

Cheget

Defined As

correct name for soccer

Derived Terms

Angeball Australian football North American football Yankee football antifootball fantasy football feetsball football bar football club football field football fruit football hooligan football hooliganism football match football minute football pie football pitch football player football pool football tennis footballene footballer footballese footballfish footballing footballish footballist footballistic footballization footbrawl footer footy hoofball international football international rules football monkey humping a football monkeys humping a football nonfootball pull the football route one football soccer football take one's football and go home tea-sodden football hooligan total football

Derived From

ball foot

Has Part

offside rule

Context

australia canada general ireland new south wales new zealand queensland slang south australia uk us victoria western australia

Has Property

different from american football fun rough round

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ball contact sport field game

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

American football Australian rules football Barbarian football Canadian flag football Canadian football Gaelic football Northern Union football arena football association football blow football crab football five-a-side football flag football gridiron football political football roller football rugby football six-man football table football tackle football touch football

Type Of (IsA)

athletic event ball contact sport field game game human recreational activity inflatable object one type of game organized sport passtime physical activity physical game played using elongated ball popular sport popular sport in america professional sport projectile sport sport for males sport people play violent sport

Receives Action

played by football teams played during superbowl played in fall and winter played on grass played with round ball thrown at time thrown over water

Related Terms

foosball

Related Terms

american american football american game american soccer association football australian rules football ball canadian football cheget europe europe soccer foosball gaelic football game goal hurling kick on foot ovoid round rugby league rugby union soccer sport team team sport zone

Synonym Network

association football footy gridiron pigskin soccer soccerball

Used For

exercising playing football

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