inner ear

Questions about inner ear

What is another word for inner ear?

It depends which inner ear you mean. In the sense “a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium”, the synonyms are internal ear, labyrinth. 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 inner ear?

WordNet records no antonym for inner ear. 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 inner ear 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 inner ear

• Full entry for inner earAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for inner earWhether 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.