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Synonyms for basketball
ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt-bas·ket·ball

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Wiktionary3.5 / 2 votes

  1. basketballnoun

    A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

    Synonyms:
    hoops

Princeton's WordNet1.9 / 7 votes

  1. basketball, basketball game, hoopsnoun

    a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

    Synonyms:
    hoops, basketball game

  2. basketballnoun

    an inflated ball used in playing basketball

    Synonyms:
    hoops, basketball game

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "basketball":

    basket, ball, sneaker, nba

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#2374basketball
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How to use basketball in a sentence?

  1. Tanika Mayweather:

    We'll have our basketball games out in the park.

  2. Jahvon Quinerly:

    I have no problem with it. I just want to win basketball games.

  3. Jaime Riquelme:

    This scandal changes little, we all knew money was changing hands. It happens in all sports, baseball, soccer, basketball.

  4. Harris Pastides:

    I hope she is No. 1, she taught us how to break the glass ceiling for women's basketball and women's coaches right here at South Carolina.

  5. Doc Rivers:

    We stopped passing, we went back to hero basketball.


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