Synonyms for football
ˈfʊtˌbɔlfoot·ball

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1. football, football gamenoun

   any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal

   Synonyms:
   football game

2. footballnoun

   the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

   Synonyms:
   football game

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1. List of paraphrases for "football":

   soccer, ball, calcium, cup, balloon, foot, futbol

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1. Wayne Anderson:

   This ought to serve notice to a lot of our youngblack men and black men, period, that you can run up and down the football field, you can run on down the courts, you can hit baseballs, you can do it, but at the end of the day, when [ they ] see you, they see a black man.

2. President Barack Obama:

   Well, I'm best suited for basketball, but I cannot believe that the commissioner of football gets paid $44 million a year.

3. Sonny Dykes:

   You look at BYU, look at Cincinnati, you look at Houston, look at Central Florida, those are good football teams, it’s going to interesting to see how it plays out. it’s going to be a very competitive league.

4. Don Lemon:

   Real patriotism is understanding what the Constitution means for all Americans and abiding by the Constitution, not doing some false presentation that you pretend to be a patriot while other people are around you, going to the concession stands, getting beer or fights in the stands or talking to each other with their baseball caps on. That is not real patriotism. Real patriotism is understanding that all of us are created equal and we have the choice to stand, kneel or sit or even attend a football game if we choose to.

5. Owner Rosanne Nettles:

   Every social event is a big deal in the South. People love to dress up and we love football, we realized that we could not keep in stock red and black, as customers were calling from all over for Georgia and Alabama game-day apparel. As we started to introduce more navy, we noticed that Auburn fans started calling also.