approach shot

Questions about approach shot

What is another word for approach shot?

It depends which approach shot you mean. In the sense “a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green”, the synonyms are approach. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of approach shot?

WordNet records no antonym for approach shot. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for approach shot come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of approach shot

• Full entry for approach shotAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for approach shotWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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