goalie

Speech parts

1. goalie - Noun

2. goalie - Verb

Meaning

the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring

the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

goalkeeper goaltender netminder netkeeper garrison guard guardsman bowman football player keeper cordon jailer concierge doorkeeper pylorus
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Antonyms

lord householder proprietress host dependent master
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Hypernyms

position soccer player hockey player ice-hockey player

Anagrams

oilgae

Examples

In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender. Johan Cruyff

Your best penalty killer is your goalie. Dave Allison

I always want to push myself as far as possible; I always want to be up there and recognised as a good goalie and have people appreciate what you do. Henrik Lundqvist

Added backup goalie Charlie Lindgren, who stopped 20 of 24 shots during the game and all three shooters in the shootout: “That spoke volumes of being able to come back from a 3-0 deficit and end up winning a big hockey game. Source: Internet

And he only needs to cite the goalie Lankinen was summoned to back up to justify it. Source: Internet

After goalie Dominik Hasek played poorly in Games 3 and 4 of the series, both losses, Head Coach Mike Babcock replaced him with Chris Osgood. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

goalfest goalframe goalhanger goalieing goalish goalkeep