Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of noun volleyball
2 senses of volleyball
Sense 1
volleyball, volleyball game -- (a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands)
court game -- (an athletic game played on a court)
Sense 2
volleyball -- (an inflated ball used in playing volleyball)
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
2 senses of volleyball
Sense 1
volleyball, volleyball game -- (a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands)
-> court game -- (an athletic game played on a court)
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
volleyball -- (an inflated ball used in playing volleyball)
-> 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''
)
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)
