new york

Questions about new york

What is another word for new york?

It depends which new york you mean. In the sense “the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center”, the synonyms are New York City, Greater New York. Across all 3 senses there are 6 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 new york?

WordNet records no antonym for new york. 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.

Why are the synonyms for new york split into groups?

Because new york carries 3 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for new york 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 new york

• Full entry for new yorkAll 3 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for new yorkWhether 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.