shoemaker's last

Questions about shoemaker's last

What is another word for shoemaker's last?

It depends which shoemaker's last you mean. In the sense “holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes”, the synonyms are last, cobbler's last. Across all 1 sense there are 2 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 shoemaker's last?

WordNet records no antonym for shoemaker's last. 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 shoemaker's last 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 shoemaker's last

• Full entry for shoemaker's lastAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for shoemaker's lastWhether 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.