Synonyms for ball

Most common

testis · nard · orchis · clump · glob · football · baseball · sphere

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A testicle. Courage.

   I doubt he’s got the balls to tell you off.

2. n. 2

   A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

   a ball of spittle; a fecal ball

3. n. 3

   A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.

   a ball of wool; a ball of twine

4. v. 1

   To have sexual intercourse (with).

Related words

Word family

ballbusting ball-by-ball balldress balljuice ballless ball-less ball-like ballpoint

Phrases

ball up drop the ball crystal ball ball of fire disco ball exercise ball terrorist ball trap ball

Forms

Plural

balls → testicles, eggs, nuts, testes…

Past participle

balled
e.g. balled → screwed, knobbed, mounted, serviced…

Example sentences

• clump That's not a stone. It's just a clump of dirt.
• football As a child, I liked baseball better than football.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

lay¹, egg¹, nut¹, orb¹, wad¹

4 letters

shot¹, guts¹, lump¹, knob¹, glob¹, clod, frig¹, nard¹

5 letters

dance¹, mount¹, globe¹, blast¹, nerve¹, screw¹, chunk¹, clump¹

6 letters

sphere¹, pellet², testis, diddle², orchis

7 letters

service², missile², bollock

8 letters

football², baseball², testicle³, chutzpah²

10 letters

projectile³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pellet² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

boule

Italiano

boccia

Español

bola

Català

bola