fielding

Questions about fielding

What does fielding mean?

fielding means "(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fielding?

fielding has 2 syllables: fiel-ding. The stress falls on "fiel". In IPA it is /ˈfildɪŋ/.

What is another word for fielding?

Close synonyms include Henry Fielding. 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.

Is fielding a common word?

fielding is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.