grandfather clock

Questions about grandfather clock

What is another word for grandfather clock?

It depends which grandfather clock you mean. In the sense “a pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case”, the synonyms are longcase clock. 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 grandfather clock?

WordNet records no antonym for grandfather clock. 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 grandfather clock 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 grandfather clock

• Full entry for grandfather clockAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for grandfather clockWhether 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.