Antonyms for fastball
ˈfæstˌbɔl, ˈfɑst-fast·ball

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1. fastballnoun

   Synonyms:
   hummer

2. fastballnoun

   Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball

   Synonyms:
   hummer

3. fastballnoun

   A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

   The pitcher had a blazing fastball.

   Synonyms:
   hummer

Matched Categories

1. • Baseball
   • Pitch

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bulletnoun

   (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

   "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

   Synonyms:
   warmer, gage, skunk, smoke, roll of tobacco, weed, dope, fume, bullet, sess, slug, green goddess, hummer, locoweed, smoking, bullet train, grass, pot, sens, heater

How to use fastball in a sentence?

1. Joe adcock:

   Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.

2. Aaron Boone:

   He missed some spots with his fastball again, obviously, a little bit of a tough start there for him.

3. Joe Maddon:

   Man, once he really gains even better command of the fastball and we get him stretched out a bit, pitching on a more consistent basis, I could see him going 100 pitches strong.

4. Robbie Ray:

   I felt good on the mound, I felt really good with my pitches, about maybe the fifth inning where I was like, ‘ OK it’s a possibility. ’ Just felt like my fastball was really good today. I felt like I was able to pretty much put where I wanted to.

5. Anthony Kay:

   When you have a six-run lead after the first inning, you kind of have to be more aggressive with the fastball and hopefully get deeper into games.

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