no-hitter

1. 1.

   a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits

   Synonymsno-hit game

   Broaderbaseball

Questions about no-hitter

What does no-hitter mean?

no-hitter means "a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits".

How many syllables are in no-hitter?

no-hitter has 3 syllables: no--hit-ter. The stress falls on "no-".

What is another word for no-hitter?

Close synonyms include no-hit game. 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 no-hitter a common word?

no-hitter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.