goalie

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /ˈɡoʊli/ UK /ˈɡəʊli/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like golly /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

Meanings

1

noun
a player who guards the goal in sports; a goalkeeper

The goalie dove to block the penalty shot in the final minute.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a player who guards the... goalkeeper keepernetmindergoaltender

Word family

Related forms goal goalkeeper

Etymology

Informal diminutive of goalkeeper, from goal + -ie. Goal is of uncertain origin, first recorded in Middle English as gol ('boundary, limit').

gol Middle English

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Topics

Sports & Fitness

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# goalie

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡoʊli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡəʊli/

## Meanings
1. a player who guards the goal in sports; a goalkeeper

## Examples
- The goalie dove to block the penalty shot in the final minute.

## Synonyms
- goalkeeper
- keeper
- netminder
- goaltender

## Related Forms
- goal
- goalkeeper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gol

## Etymology
Informal diminutive of goalkeeper, from goal + -ie. Goal is of uncertain origin, first recorded in Middle English as gol ('boundary, limit').

## AI Etymology
Goalie has this etymological history: Informal diminutive of goalkeeper, from goal + -ie. Goal is of uncertain origin, first recorded in Middle English as gol ('boundary, limit'). The etymological trail includes Middle English gol. As a noun, goalie names a player who guards the goal in sports; a goalkeeper. The same family is visible in related forms such as goal and goalkeeper. The wording should be read with that uncertainty intact: the proposed connection is plausible rather than absolute.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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