needle rush

Questions about needle rush

What is another word for needle rush?

It depends which needle rush you mean. In the sense “fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums”, the synonyms are needle spike rush, slender spike rush, hair grass, Eleocharis acicularis. 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 needle rush?

WordNet records no antonym for needle rush. 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 needle rush 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 needle rush

• Full entry for needle rushAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for needle rushWhether 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.