weeping willow

Questions about weeping willow

What is another word for weeping willow?

It depends which weeping willow you mean. In the sense “willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental”, the synonyms are Babylonian weeping willow, Salix babylonica. 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 weeping willow?

WordNet records no antonym for weeping willow. 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 weeping willow 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 weeping willow

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