samuel butler

Questions about samuel butler

What is another word for samuel butler?

It depends which samuel butler you mean. In the sense “English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)”, the synonyms are Butler. Across all 2 senses 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 samuel butler?

WordNet records no antonym for samuel butler. 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 samuel butler split into groups?

Because samuel butler carries 2 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 samuel butler 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 samuel butler

• Full entry for samuel butlerAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for samuel butlerWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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