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Questions about gyrus

What is another word for gyrus?

It depends which gyrus you mean. In the sense “a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain”, the synonyms are convolution. 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 gyrus?

WordNet records no antonym for gyrus. 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 gyrus 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 gyrus

• Full entry for gyrusAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for gyrusWhether 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.