white cell

Questions about white cell

What is another word for white cell?

It depends which white cell you mean. In the sense “blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system”, the synonyms are leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC. Across all 1 sense there are 6 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 white cell?

WordNet records no antonym for white cell. 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 white cell 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 white cell

• Full entry for white cellAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for white cellWhether 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.