third eyelid

Questions about third eyelid

What is another word for third eyelid?

It depends which third eyelid you mean. In the sense “a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals”, the synonyms are nictitating membrane. 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 third eyelid?

WordNet records no antonym for third eyelid. 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 third eyelid 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 third eyelid

• Full entry for third eyelidAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for third eyelidWhether 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.