tapeworm

Questions about tapeworm

What is another word for tapeworm?

It depends which tapeworm you mean. In the sense “ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates”, the synonyms are cestode. 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 tapeworm?

WordNet records no antonym for tapeworm. 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 tapeworm 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 tapeworm

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