bones

Questions about bones

What is another word for bones?

It depends which bones you mean. In the sense “(used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance”, the synonyms are castanets, clappers, finger cymbals. 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 bones?

WordNet records no antonym for bones. 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 bones 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 bones

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