bow leg

Questions about bow leg

What is another word for bow leg?

It depends which bow leg you mean. In the sense “outward curvature of the legs”, the synonyms are bow legs, bandy legs. Across all 2 senses there are 7 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 bow leg?

WordNet records no antonym for bow leg. 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.

Why are the synonyms for bow leg split into groups?

Because bow leg carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for bow leg 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 bow leg

• Full entry for bow legAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for bow legWhether 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.