What is another word for wicket-keeper?

Pronunciation: [wˈɪkɪtkˈiːpə] (IPA)

Wicket-keeper is a term commonly used in cricket to refer to the player who stands behind the stumps and catches the ball during play. However, there are many synonyms for this position including the keeper, backstop, catcher, glovesman, and wicket-guardian. Other terms that have been used to describe this position include the wicket-minder, the keeper-batsman, and the keeper-bowler. While these terms all refer to the same position on the field, they highlight the different aspects of the position such as catching, guarding the wickets, or even contributing to the batting or bowling of the team.

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What are the hypernyms for Wicket-keeper?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Wicket-keeper?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for wicket-keeper (as nouns)

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  • The other major impression to emerge from is that -- as odd as it sounds -- one of Crowley's chief drawbacks was his sense of humour. This is a disability he shares with Bernard Shaw: both were driven by a strange compulsion to be flippant. But when he becomes absorbed in an idea, Shaw can remain serious for a sufficiently long time to convince the reader of his intellectual stature. In Crowley, the flippancy has the tone of a schoolmaster trying to be funny for the benefit of the sixth form, or a muscular Christian trying to convince you that he isn't really religious. 'How can a yogi ever feel worried? . . . question I have been expecting for a very long time!' (Crowley has never learned that exclamation marks give the impression of a gushing schoolgirl.) 'And what expect is to see my middle stump break the wicket-keeper's nose, with the balls smartly fielded by Third Man and Short Leg!' It makes us aware that there was something wrong with Crowley's 'self-image.' He is one of those people who, no matter how hard they try, never feel quite grown up.
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