base on balls

1. 1.

   (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

   “he worked the pitcher for a base on balls”

   Synonymswalkpass

   Broaderaccomplishment

   baseball

Questions about base on balls

What does base on balls mean?

base on balls means "(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls".

What is another word for base on balls?

Close synonyms include walk, pass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.