1000

Questions about 1000

What is another word for 1000?

It depends which 1000 you mean. In the sense “the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100”, the synonyms are thousand, one thousand, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard. Across all 2 senses there are 11 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of 1000?

WordNet records no antonym for 1000. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for 1000 split into groups?

Because 1000 carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for 1000 come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of 1000

• Full entry for 1000All 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for 1000Whether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.