palpebra

Questions about palpebra

What is another word for palpebra?

It depends which palpebra you mean. In the sense “either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye”, the synonyms are eyelid, lid. 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 palpebra?

WordNet records no antonym for palpebra. 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 palpebra 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 palpebra

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