Antonyms of noun hardball

1 of 2 senses of hardball

Sense 2
hardball -- (baseball as distinguished from softball)
       Antonym of softball (Sense 2)
      => softball, softball game -- (a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer)

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

2 senses of hardball

Sense 1
hardball -- (a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics; "they play hardball in the Senate")
       => attitude, mental attitude -- (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun")

Sense 2
hardball -- (baseball as distinguished from softball)
       => baseball, baseball game -- (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!")