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

This would create a weekly off day for players with the potential to add a standalone Monday night national broadcast and expand the Division Series postseason round from best-of-five to best-of-seven. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Cashman, along with Hal Steinbrenner and Aaron Boone, recently spoke over Zoom, but that session largely focused on what went wrong for the Yankees after another postseason failure. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026

Then in the 2019 postseason went 3-20 with two singles and no homers. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

The Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, capturing the title and wrapping up one of the most dominant postseasons in recent memory. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for postseason

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