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spoon has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for spoon come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
as much as a spoon will hold
“he added two spoons of sugar”
formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face