/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of bowls Find synonyms for: Noun1. lawn bowling, bowls, bowlingusage: a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jackNoun1. lawn bowling, bowls, bowlingusage: a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;2. bowl, vesselusage: a concave shape with an open top3. bowl, trough, concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvatureusage: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods4. bowl, dishusage: the quantity contained in a bowl5. bowl, bowlful, containerfulusage: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments6. stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium, structure, constructionusage: a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling7. bowling ball, bowl, ballusage: a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling8. bowl, ballusage: a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco9. bowl, pipe bowl, containerusage: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)Verb1. bowl, wheel, rollusage: roll (a ball)2. bowl, hurl, hurtle, castusage: hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end3. bowl, playusage: engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on Friday nights"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language