Definition for Spitball:

• an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance ( spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it

Synonyms for Spitball:

• n.

  •
  • catapult,
  • beanbag,
  • clay,
  • building block,
  • construction paper,
  • balloon,
  • dollhouse,
  • action figure,
  • doll's house,
  • cap.
  •
  • dishonest,
  • cunning,
  • dubious,
  • deceitful,
  • fraudulent,
  • corrupt,
  • unscrupulous,
  • untruthful,
  • unprincipled,
  • devious.
  •
  • ballpark,
  • balk,
  • base,
  • ball,
  • baseball,
  • at-bat,
  • batboy,
  • ball girl,
  • baseline,
  • ball boy.
  •act (noun)
  • spitter,
  • spitball.

• v.

  •coin (verb)
  • frame,
  • make up off the top of one's head,
  • fabricate,
  • conceive,
  • dream up,
  • make up,
  • stamp,
  • compose,
  • forge,
  • formulate,
  • think up,
  • mint,
  • counterfeit,
  • mold,
  • contrive,
  • strike,
  • head trip,
  • trump up,
  • manufacture,
  • originate,
  • spark.
  •conceive (verb)
  • feature,
  • visualize,
  • devise,
  • consider,
  • develop,
  • speculate,
  • produce,
  • cogitate,
  • envisage,
  • envision,
  • purpose,
  • image,
  • design,
  • imagine,
  • cook up,
  • project,
  • ruminate,
  • realize,
  • form,
  • meditate,
  • ponder.
  •fancy (verb)
  • believe,
  • suppose,
  • think,
  • conjecture,
  • picture,
  • phantom,
  • surmise,
  • vision,
  • reckon,
  • fantasize,
  • infer,
  • guess.
  •hatch (verb)
  • brood,
  • breed,
  • engender,
  • procreate,
  • generate,
  • sire,
  • induce,
  • concoct,
  • parent,
  • invent,
  • plot,
  • work up,
  • prepare,
  • spawn,
  • provoke,
  • come up with,
  • get up,
  • occasion,
  • scheme,
  • set,
  • cause,
  • incubate,
  • make,
  • whip up,
  • bear.
  •propose (verb)
  • hold out,
  • advise,
  • recommend,
  • broach,
  • put up,
  • advance,
  • assert,
  • state,
  • pose,
  • proffer,
  • invite,
  • submit,
  • name,
  • prefer,
  • introduce,
  • tender,
  • proposition,
  • counsel,
  • adduce,
  • volunteer,
  • press,
  • ask,
  • urge,
  • request,
  • solicit,
  • nominate,
  • offer,
  • contend,
  • affirm.
  •propound (verb)
  • suggest.

• Other synonyms:

  •coin
  • originates,
  • formulated,
  • framing,
  • makes up,
  • spitballs,
  • thought up.
  •Other relevant words:
  • extempore,
  • deliverance,
  • lurch,
  • dream,
  • evolve,
  • extemporaneous,
  • impulsive,
  • expectorator,
  • establish,
  • unwritten,
  • improvise,
  • knuckleball,
  • heave,
  • create,
  • hasty,
  • unprompted,
  • freakish,
  • fling,
  • confinement,
  • surrender,
  • bullet,
  • short,
  • distribution,
  • issue,
  • economy,
  • conjure,
  • Incurve,
  • forward pass,
  • changeable,
  • elocution,
  • communication,
  • chuck,
  • lateral,
  • fastball,
  • consignment,
  • bowl,
  • chunk,
  • change-up,
  • birth,
  • hurl,
  • parturition,
  • hotheaded,
  • improvised,
  • cast,
  • get,
  • put,
  • curve,
  • lob,
  • pass,
  • sling,
  • rescue,
  • instinctive,
  • arise,
  • address,
  • instigate,
  • commence,
  • shot-put,
  • whimsical,
  • screwball,
  • extemporary,
  • rash,
  • lateral pass,
  • throw,
  • driving,
  • choleric,
  • offhand,
  • slider,
  • discharge,
  • work out,
  • discover,
  • flip,
  • toss,
  • service,
  • shy,
  • serve,
  • peg,
  • capricious,
  • unprepared,
  • articulation,
  • impromptu,
  • sinker,
  • childbirth.

Antonyms for Spitball:

• v.

  • coin
    ruin, wreck, destroy, demolish, stop.
  • conceive
    forget, dismiss, ignore, disregard, misunderstand, abort, result, not believe, neglect, end.
  • fancy
    dislike, measure, disbelieve, calculate, hate.
  • hatch
    disorganize, prevent, dissuade, hinder, discourage, refuse, finish, kill, halt.
  • propose
    condemn, repulse, deny, reply, answer, retreat, oppose, take back, reject.
  • propound
    withdraw, withhold, tell, disapprove.

Homophones for Spitball:

• spadeful, subduable, spiteful, softball, spitefully, sheep botfly, septuple, susceptible.

Hyponym for Spitball:

• n.

  • act
    pitch, delivery.
  • artifact
    projectile, missile.