mother of thyme

Questions about mother of thyme

What is another word for mother of thyme?

It depends which mother of thyme you mean. In the sense “fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America”, the synonyms are basil thyme, basil balm, Acinos arvensis, Satureja acinos. Across all 1 sense there are 4 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 mother of thyme?

WordNet records no antonym for mother of thyme. 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 mother of thyme 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 mother of thyme

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