Synonyms for softball
ˈsɔftˌbɔl, ˈsɒft-soft·ball

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 5 votes

1. softballnoun

   Synonyms:
   mush ball, pumpkin ball, kitten ball, town ball, diamond ball, indoor baseball

2. softballnoun

   A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.

   Synonyms:
   town ball, mush ball, diamond ball, indoor baseball, kitten ball, pumpkin ball

3. softballnoun

   A question designed to be easy to answer.

   Synonyms:
   diamond ball, kitten ball, town ball, pumpkin ball, indoor baseball, mush ball

4. softballnoun

   The ball used to play the sport.

   Synonyms:
   diamond ball, town ball, pumpkin ball, indoor baseball, mush ball, kitten ball

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. softball, playground ballnoun

   ball used in playing softball

   Synonyms:
   playground ball, softball game

   Antonyms:
   hardball

2. softball, softball gamenoun

   a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer

   Synonyms:
   playground ball, softball game

   Antonyms:
   hardball

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PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "softball":

   baseball, bullet

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How to use softball in a sentence?

1. Erin Moran:

   We had a wonderful softball team because all the boys were very good athletes, ron Howard played right field. Scott Baio was a wonderful first base. Garry Marshall, he loved softball and played first base on a lot of the games. And I had a uniform with my own mitt with my name on it and my own bat! And we played so much softball. It kept the cast together. I don’t know if we would have survived if we didn’t have that softball team.

2. The State Department official:

   It does not measure up, you can not say under any measure that going to Israel is a priority. It is a softball. It's going to be, you could say, a lovefest.

3. Todd McLemoretold:

   Apparently, some spectators were very vocal towards the umpire calls in favor of Blue Ridge and it just got louder and louder. kingsport TN MMA, wait a minute I mean softball.

4. Ron Radigonda:

   All these young ladies grew up with softball being an Tokyo Summer Olympics sport and they started their careers with Tokyo Summer Olympics being a goal, when it got taken out of Summer Games it was heartbreaking to every single one of them.

5. Bryson DeChambeau:

   Him going out and trying to incite crowds and not having him man up and talk to me about it. Like, you know, it's just kind of softball on me, i guess you could say he's trying to go through and use social media as a platform to, to mess with me and no, we're going to settle on Wynn Golf Course.