Home › Words › N › netpostnetpostnetpost means either of the upright posts used to suspend the net, in games like tennis and volleyball.EtymologyFrom net + post.nounEither of the upright posts used to suspend the net, in games like tennis and volleyball.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.goalpost 57% match — One of the two vertical side poles of a goal. vs netpost →fencepost 57% match — A post which helps hold up a fence. vs netpost →netballing 56% match — Playing or relating to the sport of netball. vs netpost →doorpost 54% match — Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel; a doorjamb. vs netpost →uprights 54% match — Vertical (upright) posts of the goal. vs netpost →backpost 54% match — A pole or post onto the front of which items to be used are attached. vs netpost →netballer 53% match — A netball player. vs netpost →barpost 51% match — A post sunk in the ground to hold the bars closing a passage into a field. vs netpost →