white shark

1. 1.

   large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans

   Synonymsgreat white sharkman-eaterman-eating sharkCarcharodon carcharias

   Broadermackerel shark

   Part ofCarcharodon

Questions about white shark

What does white shark mean?

white shark means "large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans".

What is another word for white shark?

Close synonyms include great white shark, man-eater, man-eating shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white shark a common word?

white shark is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.