Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun american_football

1 sense of american football

Sense 1
American football, American football game -- (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
       => football, football game -- (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)