Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of noun volleyball

Sense 1

• court game -- (an athletic game played on a court)

Sense 2

• ball -- (round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; ``the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve"; "the mayor threw out the first ball'' )

Coordinate Terms of noun volleyball

Sense 1

• handball -- (a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands)
• racquetball -- (a game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets)
• fives -- ((British) a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls)
• squash, squash racquets, squash rackets -- (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)
• volleyball, volleyball game -- (a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands)
• jai alai, pelota -- (a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket)
• badminton -- (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecokc over a net)
• basketball, basketball game -- (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
• netball -- (a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post)
• tennis, lawn tennis -- (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
• pallone -- (an Italian game similar to tennis)

Sense 2

• baseball -- (a ball used in playing baseball)
• basketball -- (an inflated ball used in playing basketball)
• billiard ball -- (balls used in playing billiards)
• bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball -- (wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce)
• bowl -- (a wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls)
• bowling ball -- (a large ball used for bowling)
• cricket ball -- (ball used in playing cricket)
• croquet ball -- (a wooden ball used in playing croquet)
• field hockey ball -- (ball used in playing field hockey)
• football -- (the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football)
• golf ball -- (a small hard ball used in playing golf; dimpled to reduce wind resistance)
• handball -- (a small rubber ball used in the game of handball)
• lacrosse ball -- (ball used in playing lacrosse)
• marble -- (a small ball of glass that is used in various games)
• medicine ball -- (a heavy ball used in physical training)
• ping-pong ball -- (ball used in playing table tennis)
• polo ball -- (wooden ball struck with mallets in playing polo)
• pool ball -- (balls used in playing pool)
• punching bag, punching ball, punchball -- (an inflated ball or bag that is suspended and punched for training in boxing)
• rugby ball -- (inflated oval ball used in playing rugby)
• ninepin ball, skittle ball -- (ball used to knock down ninepins)
• soccer ball -- (an inflated ball used in playing soccer)
• softball, playground ball -- (ball used in playing softball)
• squash ball -- (rubber ball used in playing squash)
• tennis ball -- (ball used in playing tennis)
• volleyball -- (an inflated ball used in playing volleyball)
• wiffle, wiffle ball -- ((trade mark) a hollow plastic ball with cutouts)

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