You're just a cog in the machine.
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Cog
//kɒɡ//
Synonyms for "cog" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
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8 entriesSynonyms
3 entriescoordinate
5 entriesderived
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
derived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
75 translations across 32 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- зубе́ц noun (tooth on a gear)
Bulgarian
3 entries- зъбе́ц noun (tooth on a gear)
- измама noun (trick or deception)
- ца́пфа noun (carpentry: a projection or tenon)
Catalan
3 entries- coca noun (type of ship)
- dent noun (tooth on a gear)
- peó noun (unimportant individual)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 齒 /齿 noun (tooth on a gear)
Czech
3 entries- koga noun (type of ship)
- nula noun (unimportant individual)
- zub noun (tooth on a gear)
Dutch
4 entries- kogge noun (type of ship)
- radertje noun (unimportant individual)
- tand noun (tooth on a gear)
- tandwieltand noun (tooth on a gear)
Esperanto
1 entries- dento noun (tooth on a gear)
Finnish
3 entries- hammas noun (tooth on a gear)
- koggi noun (type of ship)
- ratas noun (unimportant individual)
French
2 entries- dent noun (tooth on a gear)
- pion noun (unimportant individual)
Galician
4 entries- badanas noun (unimportant individual)
- belanxín noun (unimportant individual)
- coca noun (type of ship)
- dente noun (tooth on a gear)
German
4 entries- Kogge noun (type of ship)
- Rädchen noun (unimportant individual)
- Zahn noun (tooth on a gear)
- Zapfen noun (carpentry: a projection or tenon)
Hungarian
1 entries- fog noun (tooth on a gear)
Indonesian
2 entries- gerigi noun (tooth on a gear)
- nyamuk noun (unimportant individual)
Italian
1 entries- rotellina noun (unimportant individual)
Japanese
1 entries- 歯 noun (tooth on a gear)
Korean
2 entries- 이 noun (tooth on a gear)
- 톱니 noun (tooth on a gear)
Macedonian
1 entries- запче noun (tooth on a gear)
Māori
2 entries- nihowhiti noun (tooth on a gear)
- nihowhiti noun (tooth on a gear)
Norwegian
1 entries- tannhjul noun (tooth on a gear)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Zak noun (tooth on a gear)
Polish
1 entries- ząb noun (tooth on a gear)
Portuguese
1 entries- dente noun (tooth on a gear)
Russian
4 entries- ви́нтик noun (unimportant individual)
- зубе́ц noun (tooth on a gear)
- когг noun (type of ship)
- ме́лкая со́шка noun (unimportant individual)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fiacaill noun (tooth on a gear)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- féder noun (carpentry: a projection or tenon)
- zupčaničić noun (unimportant individual)
- zúbac noun (tooth on a gear)
- šrafić noun (unimportant individual)
Slovak
1 entries- zub noun (tooth on a gear)
Spanish
4 entries- coca noun (type of ship)
- leva noun (tooth on a gear)
- levador noun (tooth on a gear)
- álabe noun (tooth on a gear)
Swedish
4 entries- kogg noun (type of ship)
- kugge noun (tooth on a gear)
- kugge noun (unimportant individual)
- tand noun (tooth on a gear)
Thai
1 entries- ฟันเฟือง noun (tooth on a gear)
Turkish
1 entries- diş noun (tooth on a gear)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зубе́ць noun (tooth on a gear)
Welsh
1 entries- dant noun (tooth on a gear)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Workers like to feel like they are more than a cog in a machine.
Source: tatoeba (10943211)
Our society would rather people just die if they can't be a good little cog in the machine of profit.
Source: tatoeba (11273784)
She said: " We're not wasting time. While the cogs of Parliament continue to whir, we will continue to work on the rolling stock and infrastructure strategy, the national transport integrated strategy, and our accessibility roadmap.
Source: wiktionary
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