Synonyms for pitcher
ˈpɪtʃ ərpitch·er

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1. pitcher, hurler, twirlernoun

   (baseball) the person who does the pitching

   "our pitcher has a sore arm"

   Synonyms:
   pitcherful, baton twirler, ewer, twirler, hurler, mound

2. pitcher, ewernoun

   an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

   Synonyms:
   pitcherful, ewer, twirler, hurler, mound

3. pitcher, pitcherfulnoun

   the quantity contained in a pitcher

   Synonyms:
   pitcherful, ewer, twirler, hurler, mound

4. pitchernoun

   (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer

   Synonyms:
   pitcherful, ewer, twirler, hurler, mound

5. pitcher, moundnoun

   the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

   "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound"

   Synonyms:
   pile, mound, ewer, hummock, knoll, hill, hammock, heap, cumulus, pitcherful, hillock, agglomerate, cumulation, twirler, hurler, pitcher's mound

Matched Categories

1. • Ballplayer
   • Botany
   • Containerful
   • Leaf
   • Position
   • Thrower
   • Vessel

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1. pitchernoun

   Synonyms:
   jug, ewer, jar, toby, aiguière

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "pitcher":

   thistle, pitching, launcher, mound, flagon, bullpen, jug, pint

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1. Jose Fernandez:

   I feel pretty healthy, i feel, I don't want to say like I was before, but I feel I've grown as a pitcher and a person.

2. John Schilling:

   To engage an ICBM with THAAD would be like asking a high school baseball player to hit a fastball from a major-league pitcher - literally out of his league.

3. Eduardo Rodriguez -LRB- 11-8 -RRB-:

   It’s kind of hard because this is the time that we really need to step it up as a starting pitcher, go out there and win every game, it feels really hard to lose the game today, especially a game that I started.

4. Omar Khayyam:

   This body is a tent which for a space Does the pure soul with kingly presence grace; When he departs, comes the tent-pitcher, Death, Strikes it, and moves to a new halting-place.

5. Hanna Mityashina:

   Originally, we poured water from a pitcher into bigger glasses, we noticed when we reduced the size of the glasses, it reduces the consumption. We want to preserve water.