al-qa'ida

Questions about al-qa'ida

What is another word for al-qa'ida?

It depends which al-qa'ida you mean. In the sense “a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries”, the synonyms are al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qaida, al Qaeda, al Qaida, Base. Across all 1 sense there are 6 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 al-qa'ida?

WordNet records no antonym for al-qa'ida. 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.

Where do the synonyms for al-qa'ida 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 al-qa'ida

• Full entry for al-qa'idaAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for al-qa'idaWhether 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.