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

2 senses of field goal

Sense 1
field goal -- (a score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts)
       => score -- (the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play")

Sense 2
basket, field goal -- (a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop)
       => score -- (the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play")