BALLS Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun (1)

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plural of ball

as in spheres

a more or less round body or mass the little rubber ball used in racquetball a ball of string

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as in bullets

a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm found a cache of musket balls while excavating the old fort

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plural of ball

as in dances

a social gathering for dancing a ball to celebrate the inauguration

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ball

as in rounds

to form into a round compact mass balled up the paper and threw it at the garbage can

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Recent Examples of balls

Noun

The indoor park will be turned into a football field for participating dogs to race for tennis balls. —

Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026 How to play the Powerball To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball. —

Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 5 Feb. 2026 Five of them will be white balls numbered 1 to 69. —

Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026 These small, lightweight balls bounce around in the dryer, helping to separate items and improve airflow. —

Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026 The choices range from practical to fanciful — add-ons such as hamburger wings and disco balls. —

Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026 Kerkering had fielded a total of 10 balls in his previous 150 big-league outings and converted all of them into outs. —

Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 Bad passes, lost balls and out-of-bounds miscues? —

Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026 The music of the first three seasons — including covers of Miley Cyrus and Rihanna songs — helped set the backdrop of pivotal scenes, and of course, many, many balls. —

Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026

Verb

Each team received their shipment of logo balls several weeks ago from the Wilson factory so that equipment managers would be able to properly prepare the footballs for their respective offenses. —

Kristi Scales jan. 5, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026 Place balls 3 inches apart on 3 large baking sheets lined with parchment paper (about 12 cookies per sheet). —

Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025 Arrange the dough balls 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. —

Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025 Defense overall just balls Two. —

Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025

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Regardless of the occasion, everyone rounds out their meal with a couple bites of pillowy, yeasty, sweet, and slightly tangy goodness.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
Spanish actress Angela Molina (Live Flesh) rounds out the cast as a nurse at the clinic.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026