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goalkeeper

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈɡɔːl.kiːpɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G OW1 L K IY2 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goalie, goalminder, goaltender, keeper, netkeeper, netminder, stopper

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goalie, goaltender, netkeeper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position

3

noun

Meaning 3

the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goalie, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hockey player, ice-hockey player, soccer player

History

Etymology

From goal + keeper.

Across languages

Translations

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: doelwagter — player that protects a goal
  • Albanian: portier — player that protects a goal
  • Arabic: حَارِس مَرْمَى (ḥāris marmā) — player that protects a goal
  • Arabic: حَارِس (ḥāris) — player that protects a goal
  • Arabic: حارس (ḥāris) — player that protects a goal
  • Arabic: قولي (gōli) — player that protects a goal
  • Arabic: ڭارديان (gārdyān) — player that protects a goal
  • Armenian: դարպասապահ (darpasapah) — player that protects a goal
  • Basque: atezain — player that protects a goal
  • Belarusian: варата́р (varatár) — player that protects a goal
  • Bulgarian: вратар (vratar) — player that protects a goal
  • Catalan: porter — player that protects a goal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 守門員 /守门员 (shǒuményuán) — player that protects a goal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門將 /门将 (ménjiàng) — player that protects a goal
  • Cornish: gwithyas gol — player that protects a goal
  • Cornish: gwithyades wol — player that protects a goal
  • Czech: brankář — player that protects a goal
  • Danish: målmand — player that protects a goal
  • Danish: målvogter — player that protects a goal
  • Dutch: keeper — player that protects a goal
  • Dutch: doelwachter — player that protects a goal
  • Dutch: doelwachtster — player that protects a goal
  • Dutch: doelman — player that protects a goal
  • Esperanto: golulo — player that protects a goal
  • Esperanto: golulino — player that protects a goal
  • Estonian: väravavaht — player that protects a goal
  • Faroese: málmaður — player that protects a goal
  • Finnish: maalivahti — player that protects a goal
  • Finnish: veskari — player that protects a goal
  • Finnish: mokke — player that protects a goal
  • Finnish: molari — player that protects a goal
  • Finnish: veska — player that protects a goal
  • Finnish: veräjänvartija — player that protects a goal
  • Finnish: reppuri — player that protects a goal
  • French: gardien de but — player that protects a goal
  • French: gardienne de but — player that protects a goal
  • French: gardien — player that protects a goal
  • French: gardienne — player that protects a goal
  • French: goal — player that protects a goal
  • French: portier — player that protects a goal
  • French: portière — player that protects a goal
  • Georgian: მეკარე (meḳare) — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torwart — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torwartin — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torhüter — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torhüterin — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torwächter — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torwächterin — player that protects a goal
  • German: Tormann — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torfrau — player that protects a goal
  • German: Keeper — player that protects a goal
  • German: Keeperin — player that protects a goal
  • German: Schlussmann — player that protects a goal
  • German: Schlussfrau — player that protects a goal
  • German: Goalie — player that protects a goal
  • German: Goali — player that protects a goal
  • German: Goalmann — player that protects a goal
  • German: Goalfrau — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torsteher — player that protects a goal
  • German: Torsteherin — player that protects a goal
  • German: Fliegenfänger — player that protects a goal
  • German: Fliegenfängerin — player that protects a goal
  • Greek: τερματοφύλακας (termatofýlakas) — player that protects a goal
  • Hebrew: שוער — player that protects a goal
  • Hindi: गोल रक्षक (gol rakṣak) — player that protects a goal
  • Hindi: गोलकीपर (golkīpar) — player that protects a goal
  • Hungarian: kapus — player that protects a goal
  • Icelandic: markvörður — player that protects a goal
  • Indonesian: penjaga gawang — player that protects a goal
  • Italian: portiere — player that protects a goal
  • Japanese: ゴールキーパー (gōrukīpā) — player that protects a goal
  • Japanese: キーパー (kīpā) — player that protects a goal
  • Kazakh: қақпашы (qaqpaşy) — player that protects a goal
  • Korean: 골키퍼 (golkipeo) — player that protects a goal
  • Korean: 키퍼 (kipeo) — player that protects a goal
  • Korean: 문지기 (munjigi) — player that protects a goal
  • Kyrgyz: капкачы (kapkacı) — player that protects a goal
  • Kyrgyz: дарбазачы (darbazacı) — player that protects a goal
  • Latvian: vārtsargs — player that protects a goal
  • Lithuanian: vartininkas — player that protects a goal
  • Lithuanian: vartininkė — player that protects a goal
  • Macedonian: голман (golman) — player that protects a goal
  • Malay: penjaga gol — player that protects a goal
  • Māori: kaikaro — player that protects a goal
  • Māori: kaiārai — player that protects a goal
  • Mongolian: хаалгач (xaalgač) — player that protects a goal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: målvakt — player that protects a goal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: målmann — player that protects a goal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: målvakt — player that protects a goal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: målmann — player that protects a goal
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґолман (golman) — player that protects a goal
  • Persian: دروازهبان (darvâze-bân) — player that protects a goal
  • Polish: bramkarz — player that protects a goal
  • Portuguese: goleiro — player that protects a goal
  • Portuguese: guarda-redes — player that protects a goal
  • Romanian: portar — player that protects a goal
  • Romanian: portăriță — player that protects a goal
  • Russian: врата́рь (vratárʹ) — player that protects a goal
  • Russian: голки́пер (golkíper) — player that protects a goal
  • Scottish Gaelic: neach-glèidhidh — player that protects a goal
  • Scottish Gaelic: glèidheadair — player that protects a goal
  • Scottish Gaelic: fear-bàire — player that protects a goal
  • Scottish Gaelic: cùl-raoinidh — player that protects a goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: вра̀та̄р — player that protects a goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: го̏лман — player that protects a goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: vràtār — player that protects a goal
  • Serbo-Croatian: gȍlman — player that protects a goal
  • Slovak: brankár — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: arquero — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: golero — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: guardameta — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: portero — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: cancerbero — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: guardavalla — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: cuidapalos — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: guardapalos — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: pascón — player that protects a goal
  • Spanish: pazcón — player that protects a goal
  • Swahili: golikipa — player that protects a goal
  • Swahili: kipa — player that protects a goal
  • Swahili: mlinda lango — player that protects a goal
  • Swedish: målvakt — player that protects a goal
  • Swedish: målis — player that protects a goal
  • Thai: ผู้รักษาประตู — player that protects a goal
  • Thai: โกล (gool) — player that protects a goal
  • Thai: โกล์ — player that protects a goal
  • Turkish: kaleci — player that protects a goal
  • Ukrainian: ворота́р (vorotár) — player that protects a goal
  • Ukrainian: голкі́пер (holkíper) — player that protects a goal
  • Vietnamese: thủ thành — player that protects a goal
  • Vietnamese: thủ môn — player that protects a goal
  • Volapük: zeiligaledan — player that protects a goal
  • Volapük: zeilihigaledan — player that protects a goal
  • Volapük: zeilijigaledan — player that protects a goal
  • Welsh: gôl-geidwad — player that protects a goal
  • Yoruba: golí — player that protects a goal
  • Yoruba: aṣọle — player that protects a goal
Real reading context

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