half snipe

Questions about half snipe

What is another word for half snipe?

It depends which half snipe you mean. In the sense “a small short-billed Old World snipe”, the synonyms are jacksnipe, Limnocryptes minima. Across all 1 sense there are 2 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 half snipe?

WordNet records no antonym for half snipe. 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 half snipe 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 half snipe

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