postseason

noun

post·​sea·​son ˈpōs(t)-ˌsē-zᵊn 

plural postseasons

US, sports

: a period of time immediately after the regular season when teams play against each other in a series of games to determine a champion

NFL fans have been complaining that the 2016 postseason is the worst in history.

—Michael Salfino

The teams will face each other in the postseason.

—often used before another noun

a postseason game/victory

their postseason record

Examples of postseason in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But after watching the Sox win four straight games to start the postseason, hopes were higher than ever, and a poor performance led to some booing at the end of Game 3. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

Veteran Nick Martinez, making his first career postseason start at age 36, didn’t get through the fourth, but Seymour and Griffin Jax, the other member of the rotation, teamed for 10 outs. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2026

The 33-year-old right-hander was excluded from the team’s postseason rosters. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026

The top two teams in each league get a bye during the Wild Card Series, the first round of the postseason. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for postseason

• milesian
• partizan
• preseason
• unreason
• reason
• season
• seizin
• treason