INFIELDER
Dictionary entry overview: What does infielder mean?
• INFIELDER (noun)
The noun INFIELDER has 1 sense:
1. (baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield
Familiarity information: INFIELDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INFIELDER (noun)
Meaning:
(baseball) a person who plays a position in the infield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("infielder" is a kind of...):
fielder (a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat)
Domain category:
baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
softball; softball game (a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infielder"):
backstop; catcher ((baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher)
first baseman; first sacker ((baseball) the person who plays first base)
second baseman; second sacker ((baseball) the person who plays second base)
shortstop ((baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position)
third baseman; third sacker ((baseball) the person who plays third base)
