Synonyms for ballgame
ball·game

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1. ballgame, new ballgamenoun

   a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation

   "HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame"

   Synonyms:
   new ballgame, ball game

2. ball game, ballgamenoun

   a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)

   Synonyms:
   new ballgame, ball game

Matched Categories

1. • Baseball
   • Field Game
   • Situation

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1. List of paraphrases for "ballgame":

   game, match

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How to use ballgame in a sentence?

1. Joe Potter:

   It by itself is not the whole ballgame, there are definitely some places that could be effected by this in a relatively important way.

2. Daniel Murphy:

   I tried to one-hand it. It probably deserved to be two handed.... I just misplayed it. It went right under my glove, there's no excuse for it and we lost the ballgame because of it.

3. Rich Hill -LRB- 6-6 -RRB-:

   It’s disappointing, just having that third inning, i expect more out of myself, to be able to keep the other team at bay and give us a good chance to win the ballgame.

4. Bobby Chaisson:

   Africanized( honey bee) colony is a whole different ballgame and the way they are managed and behave, especially when you are dealing with that species of honeybee, absolutely, the vibration of a lawnmower, the vibration of a weed eater, kids banging or stomping around close by -- they will get defensive.

5. Mike Scott:

   We're very pleased to be in the ballgame, it's long overdue.