goalie

Other forms of goalie

plural

goalies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about goalie

What does goalie mean?

goalie means "the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in goalie?

goalie has 2 syllables: goa-lie. The stress falls on "goa". In IPA it is /ˈɡoʊli/.

What is another word for goalie?

Close synonyms include goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder, goalkeeper. 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 goalie a common word?

goalie 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.