victoria falls

Questions about victoria falls

What is another word for victoria falls?

It depends which victoria falls you mean. In the sense “a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally”, the synonyms are Victoria. Across all 2 senses there are 5 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 victoria falls?

WordNet records no antonym for victoria falls. 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.

Why are the synonyms for victoria falls split into groups?

Because victoria falls carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for victoria falls 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 victoria falls

• Full entry for victoria fallsAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for victoria fallsWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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