coup de main

Questions about coup de main

What is another word for coup de main?

It depends which coup de main you mean. In the sense “an attack without warning”, the synonyms are surprise attack. 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 coup de main?

WordNet records no antonym for coup de main. 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 coup de main 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 coup de main

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