als

Questions about als

What is another word for als?

It depends which als you mean. In the sense “thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs”, the synonyms are amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease. Across all 1 sense there are 2 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 als?

WordNet records no antonym for als. 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 als 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 als

• Full entry for alsAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for alsWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
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