custard apple

Questions about custard apple

What is another word for custard apple?

It depends which custard apple you mean. In the sense “any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp”, the synonyms are custard apple tree. 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 custard apple?

WordNet records no antonym for custard apple. 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 custard apple split into groups?

Because custard apple 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 custard apple 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 custard apple

• Full entry for custard appleAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for custard appleWhether 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.