hardball hard-baked • hard-barked · · · Info · Definitions · Antonyms · Characters · · hardball · · Text Latin · · Script 8 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics. Example: "They play hardball in the senate." · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) baseball as distinguished from softball. · · Noun Definition 2 Antonyms · · · softball · · Antonym 0 softball game · · Antonym 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 d latin small letter d U+0064 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C r latin small letter r U+0072