armorial bearing

Questions about armorial bearing

What is another word for armorial bearing?

It depends which armorial bearing you mean. In the sense “heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield”, the synonyms are charge, bearing, heraldic bearing. Across all 1 sense there are 3 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 armorial bearing?

WordNet records no antonym for armorial bearing. 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 armorial bearing 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 armorial bearing

• Full entry for armorial bearingAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for armorial bearingWhether 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.