pavis

Questions about pavis

What is another word for pavis?

It depends which pavis you mean. In the sense “(Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position”, the synonyms are pavise. Across all 1 sense there are 1 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 pavis?

WordNet records no antonym for pavis. 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 pavis 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 pavis

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