backstop

/bˈækstˌɑp/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
2. (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
3. a precaution in case of an emergency
   “he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong”

verb

1. act as a backstop

Synonyms for backstop

• catcher

Words that rhyme with backstop

• drop
• stop
• top
• pop
• crop
• chop
• flop
• hop
• slop
• shop
• sop
• plop
• bop
• nonstop
• prop
• cop
• mop
• swap
• bebop
• blacktop
• desktop
• eyedrop
• glop
• lollipop
• lop
• shortstop
• workshop
• atop
• backdrop
• barbershop