In dog ethology the leader is called 'alpha'; after that it continues with 'beta' and 'gamma'.
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Alpha
/ˈælfə/
Synonyms for "alpha" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (23)
Noun(5 words)
firstfirst blushfirst glancefirst impressionfirst inningfirst lapfirst movefirst roundfirst sightfirst stagefirst stepflying startfoundationfresh startgambitgenesisinitialinitiative
Related words (39)
institutionjump-offkick-offle premier pasleading edgenew departureoncomingonsetopeningopening moveoriginoriginationoutbreakoutsetoutstartprimeprimitivenessprimitivityrunning startsend off
Show 11 more words
send-offsetoutsetting in motionsetting-upsquare onestartstart-offstarting pointtake-offtakeoffwarming-up
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesalphabetic characterdescriptorfinancial metricletterletter of the alphabetordinal attributerank indicatorsocial rolestartstatistical conceptstatistical parameterstatistical term
More specific
12 entriesFama French alphaJensen's alphaalpha erroralpha femalealpha malealpha releasealpha versionlowercase alphaone sided alphatwo sided alphatype I erroruppercase alpha
Collocations
8 entriesalpha coefficientalpha decayalpha diversityalpha levelalpha malealpha particlealpha releasealpha version
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 59 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄλφα noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Arabic
1 entries- أَلْفَا noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Armenian
1 entries- ալֆա noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Asturian
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Belarusian
1 entries- а́льфа noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Bulgarian
1 entries- а́лфа noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Catalan
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎡᎵᏆ noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 阿伐 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
- 阿拉法 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
- 阿爾法 /阿尔法 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
- 阿耳法 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 阿伐 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
- 阿拉法 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
- 阿爾法 /阿尔法 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
- 阿耳法 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲁⲗⲫⲁ noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Czech
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Danish
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Dutch
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Esperanto
1 entries- alfo noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Faroese
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Finnish
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
French
1 entries- alpha noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Galician
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Georgian
1 entries- ალფა noun (name of the letter Α, α)
German
1 entries- Alpha noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Greek
1 entries- άλφα noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 阿爾法 /阿尔法 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַלְפָא noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Hindi
1 entries- अल्फ़ा noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Hungarian
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Icelandic
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Ido
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Interlingua
1 entries- alpha noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Irish
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Italian
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Japanese
1 entries- アルファ noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Khmer
1 entries- អាល់ហ្វា noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Korean
1 entries- 알파 noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Latin
1 entries- alpha noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Latvian
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Lithuanian
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Macedonian
1 entries- алфа noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Malay
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Marathi
1 entries- आल्फा noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Māori
1 entries- ārepa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Navajo
1 entries- álfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Odia
1 entries- ଆଲ୍ଫା noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Persian
1 entries- آلفا noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Polish
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Portuguese
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Romanian
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Russian
1 entries- а́льфа noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
- алфа noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Slovak
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Spanish
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Swedish
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Tagalog
1 entries- alpa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Thai
1 entries- แอลฟา noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Turkish
1 entries- alfa noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Ukrainian
1 entries- а́льфа noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Urdu
2 entries- الف noun (name of the letter Α, α)
- الفا noun (name of the letter Α, α)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
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He's an alpha male idiot.
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He wrote the article "Exobiological Presence in Alpha Centauri."
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Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.