Whisker

//ʍɪskə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "whisker" (16 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

ace beard bewhisker

Verb(1 words)

bewhisker

Strong matches (4)

bristle hair's breadth

Noun(2 words)

hair hair's breadth

Related words (8)

hairbreadth moustache side whiskers tin whisker

Noun(4 words)

hairsbreadth sensory hair tin whisker vibrissa

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

8 entries

furnish hair offer provide render small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity supply

Synonyms

4 entries

beard bewhisker hair's breadth side whiskers

derived

13 entries

box and whisker plot by a whisker cat's whisker cat's whisker receiver cat's whiskers gnat's whisker tin whisker whisker biscuit whisker pole whiskered whiskerless whiskery within a whisker of

derived from

1 entries

tin whisker

has context

3 entries

metallurgy nautical statistics

is a

1 entries

hair

part of

1 entries

cat

related to

41 entries

beard beard component beard hair bowl bows bowsprit box plot cat cat facial cat head cat moustache cat mouth cat mustache cats cats face clear

Showing 16 of 41 words.

Translations

112 translations across 43 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

snor noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Arabic

1 entries

شَارِب noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Armenian

1 entries

շշուկ noun (part of the beard)

Belarusian

2 entries

ву́сік noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
вібры́са noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бакенбард noun (part of the beard)
косъм noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
мустак noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
мустаче noun (a small tendril)

Catalan

2 entries

bigoti noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
vibrissa noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

感覺毛 /感觉毛 noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
鬍鬚 /胡须 noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Czech

3 entries

fous noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
vous noun (hair of the beard)
vous noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Danish

2 entries

hårsbredde noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
knurhår noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Dutch

4 entries

baardhaar noun (hair of the beard)
bakkebaarden noun (part of the beard)
ei zo na noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
op een haar na noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)

Esperanto

2 entries

lipharoj noun (part of the beard)
vibriso noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Finnish

4 entries

hiuskarva noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
leukaparta noun (part of the beard)
parta noun (part of the beard)
partakarva noun (hair of the beard)

French

4 entries

barbe noun (a small tendril)
de justesse noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
d’un poil noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
favoris noun (part of the beard)

Georgian

1 entries

ვიბრისი noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

German

4 entries

Barthaar noun (hair of the beard)
Barthaare noun (hair of the beard)
Haaresbreite noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
Schnurrhaar noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Greek

1 entries

μουστάκι noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Hindi

1 entries

गलमुच्छा noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Hungarian

3 entries

bajusz noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
barkó noun (part of the beard)
pajesz noun (part of the beard)

Icelandic

1 entries

veiðihár noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Ingrian

1 entries

usat noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Italian

4 entries

baffo noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
basetta noun (part of the beard)
basettoni noun (part of the beard)
favoriti noun (part of the beard)

Japanese

1 entries

洞毛 noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Korean

1 entries

동모 noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Latin

2 entries

saeta noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
vibrissa noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Mongolian

1 entries

хууз noun (part of the beard)

Māori

1 entries

kumikumi noun (part of the beard)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

værhår noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

vêrhår noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Old Czech

1 entries

murnús noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

بیق noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
صقال noun (part of the beard)

Persian

2 entries

تهریش noun (hair of the beard)
سبیل noun (part of the beard)

Polish

3 entries

bokobrody noun (part of the beard)
wibrys noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
wibrysy noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Portuguese

4 entries

bigode noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
costeleta noun (part of the beard)
fio noun (hair of the beard)
fio noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)

Romanian

3 entries

fir noun (hair of the beard)
mustață noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
vibrisă noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Russian

4 entries

бакенба́рды noun (part of the beard)
в двух шага́х noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
вибри́сса noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
во́лос noun (hair of the beard)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

брк noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
длака noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)

Slovak

4 entries

bokombrady noun (part of the beard)
chlp noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
fúz noun (hair of the beard)
fúz noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Spanish

2 entries

bigote noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
vibrisa noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Swedish

2 entries

hårsmån noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
morrhår noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Thai

1 entries

หนวด noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Turkish

3 entries

bıyık noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
milim noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
santim noun ((colloquial) very small distance between two things)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ву́сик noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
вібри́са noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Welsh

2 entries

wisgeren noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)
wisgers noun (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.

Source: tatoeba (19500)

It missed falling on your foot by a whisker.

Source: wiktionary

Boosted by their reward, Wolves continued to push forward and Jamie O'Hara came within a whisker of doubling the lead, smashing a 25-yard effort on to the bar.

Source: wiktionary

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