sand

Questions about sand

What is another word for sand?

Across its 4 senses, sand has 9 distinct synonyms: George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, backbone, grit, guts, moxie, gumption, and others. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.

What is the opposite of sand?

WordNet records no antonym for sand. 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 sand split into groups?

Because sand carries 4 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 sand 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 sand

• Full entry for sandAll 4 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sandWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.