roman catholic

Questions about roman catholic

What is another word for roman catholic?

Across its 3 senses, roman catholic has 12 distinct synonyms: Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church, Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, and others. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.

What is the opposite of roman catholic?

WordNet records no antonym for roman catholic. 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 roman catholic split into groups?

Because roman catholic 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 roman catholic 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 roman catholic

• Full entry for roman catholicAll 3 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for roman catholicWhether 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.