forward passer

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   (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass

   Synonymspasser

   Broaderball carrier

   football

Questions about forward passer

What does forward passer mean?

forward passer means "(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass".

What is another word for forward passer?

Close synonyms include passer. 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 forward passer a common word?

forward passer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.