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Ballpark (Noun)

Meaning 1

A facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark".

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • The local team played their home games at a state-of-the-art ballpark on the outskirts of town.
  • She loved going to the ballpark with her grandfather to watch baseball games every summer.
  • The old ballpark had been in use since the 1920s and still maintained its nostalgic charm.
  • As a kid, he dreamed of playing professional baseball in a major league ballpark one day.
  • The city council voted to renovate the downtown ballpark to attract more tourists and fans.

Synonyms

  • Park

Hypernyms

  • Bowl
  • Sports Stadium
  • Arena

Meaning 2

Near to the scope or range of something; "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • The company's estimate for the project was way off, not even in the right ballpark.
  • Her guess at the number of attendees was in the ballpark, but still a bit too high.
  • The price he quoted was not in the ballpark of what we were willing to pay.
  • His estimate of the cost was in the ballpark, so we decided to move forward with the project.
  • The new employee's salary expectations were not even in the ballpark of what we could offer.

Synonyms

  • Approximate Range

Hypernyms

  • Scope
  • Orbit
  • Reach
  • Compass
  • Ambit
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