postal code

Questions about postal code

What is another word for postal code?

It depends which postal code you mean. In the sense “a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail”, the synonyms are ZIP code, ZIP, postcode. Across all 1 sense there are 3 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 postal code?

WordNet records no antonym for postal code. 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 postal code 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 postal code

• Full entry for postal codeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for postal codeWhether 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.