so-and-so

Questions about so-and-so

What is another word for so-and-so?

It depends which so-and-so you mean. In the sense “a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible”, the synonyms are rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, git. Across all 1 sense there are 12 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 so-and-so?

WordNet records no antonym for so-and-so. 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 so-and-so 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 so-and-so

• Full entry for so-and-soAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for so-and-soWhether 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.