Super Bowl

American  

[soo-per bohl] / ˈsu pər ˌboʊl /

Trademark.

1. the annual NFL championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.

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Super Bowl British  

noun

1. American football the main championship game of the sport, held annually in January between the champions of the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference

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Super Bowl Cultural  

1. The championship game of the National Football League, held each year in January or February.

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Etymology

Origin of Super Bowl

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

The Super Bowl, meanwhile, typically draws an audience five times the size.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The Giants won the Super Bowl in 2012, but they play in New Jersey and had losing records in 11 of the next 14 seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The final will be held in New Jersey and will include, for the first time, a glitzy half-time show, much like the Super Bowl - American football's biggest fixture.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The Rams are doing everything they can to be perennial Super Bowl title contenders, but will they ever get closer to the Dodgers and Lakers in popularity?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

I could imagine people bundling up and waiting to hear a band whose every lyric they could sing or enduring a snowy Super Bowl for a team they'd followed since childhood.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama