postgame

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US/ˈpoʊstˌɡeɪm/

adjective

Following a game, usually specifically a sporting match.

“postgame credits”

OriginEnglish game ← Middle English game ← Old English gamen →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivepostgame (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehobbiesFollowing a game, usually specifically a sporting match.

    Stay tuned for the postgame show.

  2. not comparablevideo gamesOccurring after the main storyline of the game.

    postgame credits

nounpostgame (plural postgames)

plural postgames

  1. mediaA postgame show.

    The Sunday job of wraparounds and pregames and postgames and half-time shows is certainly the toughest job I've ever been around.

    1987, Tony Verna, William T. Bode, Live TV, →ISBN, page 63
  2. video gamesThe gameplay that unlocks after completing the main storyline.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  9. Old Englishgamen
  10. Middle Englishgame
  11. Englishgame
  12. Englishpostgame

From post- + game.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

postgame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgame

MLA

“postgame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgame. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postgame,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postgame.

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