third base

1. 1.

   the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

   “he was cut down on a close play at third”

   Synonymsthird

   Broaderbase
2. 2.

   the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

   “he is playing third”

   Synonymsthird

   Broaderposition

   Part ofbaseball team

Questions about third base

What does third base mean?

third base means "the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for third base?

Close synonyms include third, third. 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 third base a common word?

third base 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.