clary sage

Questions about clary sage

What is another word for clary sage?

It depends which clary sage you mean. In the sense “stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery”, the synonyms are Salvia clarea. Across all 2 senses there are 1 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 clary sage?

WordNet records no antonym for clary sage. 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 clary sage split into groups?

Because clary sage 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 clary sage 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 clary sage

• Full entry for clary sageAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for clary sageWhether 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.