North American football

English

Noun

North American football (uncountable)

1. Collectively, Canadian football and American football.

Usage notes

This term to describe the above sports is rare. The more common word for this sport worldwide is gridiron football.

Synonyms

• gridiron football
• gridiron (Australian and New Zealand English)
• football (US and Canadian English)

Hypernyms

• football

Hyponyms

• Canadian football
• American football

Coordinate terms

• Gaelic football
• Australian rules football / Australian-rules football / Australian football
• international rules football / international-rules football / international football

Derived terms

• North American football ball
• North American football player

Related terms

• North America
• rugby football
• soccer football
• association football