spitting cobra

Questions about spitting cobra

What is another word for spitting cobra?

It depends which spitting cobra you mean. In the sense “aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness”, the synonyms are black-necked cobra, Naja nigricollis. 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 spitting cobra?

WordNet records no antonym for spitting cobra. 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 spitting cobra 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 spitting cobra

• Full entry for spitting cobraAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for spitting cobraWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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