English > softball: 2 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | A game / game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond / diamond and with a ball that is larger / larger and softer. |
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| Synonym | softball game |
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| Category of | catcher, backstop | (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher |
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| first baseman, first sacker | (baseball) the person who plays first base |
| infielder | (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield |
| outfielder | (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield |
| pinch hitter | (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter |
| pitcher, hurler, twirler | (baseball) the person who does the pitching |
| second baseman, second sacker | (baseball) the person who plays second base |
| third baseman, third sacker | (baseball) the person who plays third base |
| Broader | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
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| Opposite | hardball | baseball as distinguished from softball |
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| Spanish | sofbol, sófbol |
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| Catalan | softbol |
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