postseason

noun

post·​sea·​son ˈpōs(t)-ˌsē-zᵊn 

plural postseasons

US, sports

: a period of time immediately after the regular season when teams play against each other in a series of games to determine a champion

NFL fans have been complaining that the 2016 postseason is the worst in history.

—Michael Salfino

The teams will face each other in the postseason.

—often used before another noun

a postseason game/victory

their postseason record

Examples of postseason in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The club must wait another day to potentially clinch a postseason berth for the first time since the 2021 campaign. — Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

The Royals went ahead in the seventh with an RBI double by Maikel Garcia, then held on to deny the Sox the opportunity to clinch a postseason berth. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Falvey was most recently the president of baseball and business operations for the Twins, leading the front office from 2019-2025, overseeing four postseason appearances in that span. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Gregg Popovich coached the San Antonio Spurs from 1996 to 2025, winning a league-record 1,390 regular-season games, 170 postseason games and five NBA championships. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for postseason

• milesian
• partizan
• preseason
• unreason
• reason
• season
• seizin
• treason