Synonyms and antonyms of Bowling games in British Thesaurus

boules (noun)

a game in which players throw small heavy balls towards a smaller ball on the ground

bowl (verb)

to roll a ball across the ground in the sport of bowls or bowling

bowler (noun)

someone who plays the sport of bowls or bowling

bowling (noun)

an indoor game in which players roll heavy balls along a track, trying to knock down a group of ten pins (=wooden objects that look like bottles)

bowling green (noun)

British an area of grass on which people play bowls

bowls (noun)

British a game in which players roll balls across the ground, trying to get as close as possible to a small ball called the jack. The American word is lawn bowling.

frame (noun)

one of the games in a snooker or bowling match

green (noun)

an area of grass where people play bowls (=a game in which you roll balls along the ground)

lawn bowling (noun)

American the game of bowls

ninepins (noun)

the game of skittles

pin (noun)

one of the tall objects that you knock over in the game of ten-pin bowling

skittle (noun)

British a wooden or plastic object shaped like a bottle, used in the game of skittles

skittles (noun)

British a game in which you roll a wooden ball at nine skittles

strike (noun)

a situation in bowling in which you succeed in knocking down all the pins (=bottle shaped objects) with one ball

tenpin (noun)

one of the ten objects shaped like bottles that you try to knock over in the game of tenpin bowling

tenpin bowling (noun)

British a game played inside where players roll a heavy ball down a bowling lane in order to knock tenpins over. The American word is bowling.