cat's-tail

Questions about cat's-tail

What is another word for cat's-tail?

It depends which cat's-tail you mean. In the sense “tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa”, the synonyms are bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, Typha latifolia. Across all 1 sense there are 6 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 cat's-tail?

WordNet records no antonym for cat's-tail. 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 cat's-tail 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 cat's-tail

• Full entry for cat's-tailAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for cat's-tailWhether 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.