caustic remark

Questions about caustic remark

What is another word for caustic remark?

It depends which caustic remark you mean. In the sense “witty language used to convey insults or scorn”, the synonyms are sarcasm, irony, satire. 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 caustic remark?

WordNet records no antonym for caustic remark. 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 caustic remark 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 caustic remark

• Full entry for caustic remarkAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for caustic remarkWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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