force play

Questions about force play

What is another word for force play?

It depends which force play you mean. In the sense “a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base”, the synonyms are force out, force-out, force. Across all 1 sense there are 3 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 force play?

WordNet records no antonym for force play. 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 force play 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 force play

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