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Goaltender

A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

📖 Definitions of "Goaltender"

noun

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A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

🔄 Synonyms of "Goaltender"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
goalkeepernoun	(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goalienoun	(sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.
netkeepernoun	A goalkeeper.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Goaltender"

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Word	Definition
goalkeepernoun	(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goalienoun	(sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.
netkeepernoun	A goalkeeper.
goalmindernoun	(sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goal keepernoun	Alternative form of goalkeeper. [(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.]
defendernoun	Someone who defends people or property.
goalkeepnoun	(sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.
goaltendingnoun	(ice hockey) The activity of a goaltender.
goalernoun	A goalkeeper in ice hockey.
emergency goalienoun	(ice hockey) A goaltender who will play for either team in the case that their goalies are unable to play.
defencemannoun	In ice hockey and lacrosse, a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals; same as defender in many other ballgames.
puckstoppernoun	(ice hockey) goalkeeper, goaltender
guardnoun	A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
fullbacknoun	(American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays.
net mindernoun	(ice hockey) goalkeeper, player whose role it is to defend the goal
stoppernoun	Someone or something that stops something.
keepernoun	(informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
goalhangernoun	(informal, soccer) A player who stays near the opposing team's goal in the hope of easily scoring.
shot-stoppernoun	Alternative form of shot stopper. [(soccer, colloquial) A goalkeeper. More specifically refers to the ability to make saves, as opposed to other areas of goalkeeping like distribution and coming off the line.]
puckstoppingnoun	(ice hockey) The state of being a goalkeeper