free throw

Questions about free throw

What is another word for free throw?

It depends which free throw you mean. In the sense “an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul”, the synonyms are foul shot, penalty free throw, charity toss, charity throw, charity shot. Across all 1 sense there are 5 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 free throw?

WordNet records no antonym for free throw. 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 free throw 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 free throw

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