Thesaurus:football

Thesaurus

football

English

Noun

Sense: "football" in Britain

• association football (all varieties of English)
• soccer (all varieties of English)
• soccer football (Australia, US)
• football
• footy (British, slang)
• footie (British, slang)
• footer (British, slang)
• wogball (Australia, racist slang)

Sense: "football" in the US

• American football (British, Canadian)
• gridiron (Australia, New Zealand)
• gridiron football (Australia, New Zealand)

Sense: "football" in Canada

• Canadian football (outside Canada)
• gridiron football

Sense: "football" in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia

• footy
• Aussie rules
• VFL (outdated)
• AFL

Sense: "football" in New South Wales and Queensland

• footy
• league

Sense: ball used in any game called "football"

• ball (in all varieties of English and in all games called "football")
• footy (Australia, in Aussie rules and rugby)
• pill (Australia, in Aussie rules and rugby)
• soccer ball (Australia, North America, soccer)
• pigskin (US, American football)
• rugby ball (in all varieties of English, rugby union)