finback

Questions about finback

What is another word for finback?

It depends which finback you mean. In the sense “large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific”, the synonyms are finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus. Across all 1 sense there are 4 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 finback?

WordNet records no antonym for finback. 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 finback 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 finback

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