Synonyms of the word

pitcher

• n. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
• n. (baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
• n. (chiefly US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter…
• n. (obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
• n. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water…
• n. (botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.

ballplayer

• n. A player of a ball game; especially a basketball, baseball, or football player.

containerful

• n. As much as a container can hold.

ewer

• n. A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle.

hurler

• n. Agent noun of hurl; someone who hurls or throws.
• n. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
• n. (hurling) Someone who participates in the sport of hurling.

mound

• n. (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
• n. (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
• n. (obsolete) A helmet.
• n. (obsolete) Might; size.
• n. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark;…
• n. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
• n. (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
• n. A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands,…
• n. (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
• v. (transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
• v. (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.

pitcherful

• n. The quantity that a pitcher can hold.

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

thrower

• n. Someone who throws.
• n. Something that throws.
• n. (archaic) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
• n. (archaic) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
• n. (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
• n. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.

twirler

• n. Something that twirls.
• n. Someone who twirls something.

vessel

• n. (nautical) Any craft designed for transportation on water, such as a ship or boat.
• n. A craft designed for transportation through air or space.
• n. (uncountable, obsolete or dialectal) Dishes and cutlery collectively, especially if made of precious metals.
• n. A container of liquid or other substance, such as a glass, goblet, cup, bottle, bowl, or pitcher.
• n. A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
• n. (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To put into a vessel.