somite

Questions about somite

What is another word for somite?

It depends which somite you mean. In the sense “one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally”, the synonyms are metamere. Across all 1 sense 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 somite?

WordNet records no antonym for somite. 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 somite 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 somite

• Full entry for somiteAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for somiteWhether 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.