Batsman

ahd-5
  • noun. The player at bat in cricket and baseball.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who wields the bat in base-ball, cricket, and similar games; a batter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in baseball, the batsman is usually called the batter.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A player of the batting side now on the field
  • noun. The player now receiving strike; the striker
  • noun. Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
    • Word Usage
    "Double dose: After a pitcher has been warned by an umpire about throwing at hitters, the next hit batsman is awarded second base and the pitcher is still ejected. —"
    Form
    batsmanship  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ballplayer  baseball player  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    bunter  designated hitter  pinch hitter  switch-hitter  whiffer  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apprehensiveness  bowler  cointegration  fielder  graviton  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    batter  
    variant
    batter  
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.