Ball game
Ball game noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: don't count me out yet, for I'm still in this ball game
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Synonyms for Ball game
Struggle
Struggle noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: her staunchest supporters in her struggle for the office
Ball game and struggle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ball game" instead a noun "Struggle".
Nearby Words: struggled, struggling
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Related pairs
- contest and ball game
- contest and struggle
- confrontation and ball game
- confrontation and struggle
- conflict and ball game
- conflict and struggle
- row and ball game
- row and struggle
- dispute and ball game
- dispute and struggle
- friction and ball game
- friction and struggle
- combat and ball game
- combat and struggle
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Struggle and Ball game. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ball_game/struggle
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