clasp knife

Questions about clasp knife

What is another word for clasp knife?

It depends which clasp knife you mean. In the sense “a large knife with one or more folding blades”, the synonyms are jackknife. Across all 1 sense 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 clasp knife?

WordNet records no antonym for clasp knife. 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 clasp knife 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 clasp knife

• Full entry for clasp knifeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for clasp knifeWhether 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.