cisc

Questions about cisc

What is another word for cisc?

It depends which cisc you mean. In the sense “an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies”, the synonyms are Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada. Across all 2 senses 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 cisc?

The recorded antonym is RISC. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for cisc split into groups?

Because cisc 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 cisc 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 cisc

• Full entry for ciscAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for ciscWhether 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.