starting lineup

noun

: the list of players who are playing when a game begins

The manager has made some changes to the starting lineup.

Examples of starting lineup in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Still, Unai Emery hasn't experimented too much with his starting lineup in the Premier League or UCL. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

Nakase changed her starting lineup in a move that paid huge dividends after Golden State fell behind 2-1, inserting Kaila Charles and Tiffany Hayes and bringing Kayla Thornton and Cecilia Zandalasini off the bench. — Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Among the 19 lineups around the NBA that entered Friday with at least 40 minutes played together this season, the Heat’s starting lineup owned the worst net rating. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2026

Ohtani, of the Dodgers, earns about three times as much annually as the entire Rays starting lineup; Juan Soto, of the Mets, makes roughly the same as the Brewers’ nine-man group. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for starting lineup

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup
• pickup