basophil

Questions about basophil

What is another word for basophil?

It depends which basophil you mean. In the sense “a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains”, the synonyms are basophile. Across all 1 sense there are 1 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 basophil?

WordNet records no antonym for basophil. 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 basophil 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 basophil

• Full entry for basophilAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for basophilWhether 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.