ribbon worm

Questions about ribbon worm

What is another word for ribbon worm?

It depends which ribbon worm you mean. In the sense “soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract”, the synonyms are nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm. 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 ribbon worm?

WordNet records no antonym for ribbon worm. 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 ribbon worm 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 ribbon worm

• Full entry for ribbon wormAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for ribbon wormWhether 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.