hare and hounds

Questions about hare and hounds

What is another word for hare and hounds?

It depends which hare and hounds you mean. In the sense “an outdoor game; one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot”, the synonyms are paper chase. 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 hare and hounds?

WordNet records no antonym for hare and hounds. 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 hare and hounds 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 hare and hounds

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