laughing hyena

Questions about laughing hyena

What is another word for laughing hyena?

It depends which laughing hyena you mean. In the sense “African hyena noted for its distinctive howl”, the synonyms are spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta. 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 laughing hyena?

WordNet records no antonym for laughing hyena. 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 laughing hyena 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 laughing hyena

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