Eel

//iːl//

Synonyms for "eel" (5 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

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More general

3 entries

fish malacopterygian soft-finned fish

Related terms

1 entries

elver

at location

1 entries

water

derived

77 entries

African eel African longfin eel African mottled eel African spoon-nose eel Asian swamp eel Congo eel Eel Pie Island European eel Japanese eel Mauritanian shortface eel bastard eel conger eel cusk-eel cutthroat eel deep-sea spiny eel deepwater big-eyed worm eel

Showing 16 of 77 words.

has a

1 entries

no legs

is a

5 entries

animal fish long skinny fish meat soft finned fish

part of

1 entries

common eel

related to

18 entries

anguilliformes animal electricity elver european eel fish long long fish sea sea animal sinuous snake snakelike snakelike fish snaky snaky fish

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Translations

194 translations across 144 languages.

Abenaki

1 entries

nahômo noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Afrikaans

2 entries

aal noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
paling noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Aklanon

1 entries

igat noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Albanian

1 entries

ngjalë noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Algonquin

1 entries

mihtúckquashep noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἔγχελυς noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Arabic

4 entries

أَنْقَليس noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
أَنْقَلِيس noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
أَنْكَليس noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
أَنْكَلِيس noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Armenian

1 entries

օձաձուկ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Assamese

1 entries

বামী noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Asturian

1 entries

anguila noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

ilanbalığı noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Basque

1 entries

aingira noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries

bodung noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Belarusian

2 entries

ву́гар noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
вуго́р noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Bengali

1 entries

বানমাছ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Bislama

1 entries

namarae noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Breton

1 entries

silienn noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Bulgarian

1 entries

змио́рка noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Burmese

1 entries

ငါးရှဉ့် noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Catalan

1 entries

anguila noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Cayuga

1 entries

gǫ́꞉deh noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Cebuano

1 entries

kasili noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

مارماسی noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Central Melanau

1 entries

beduong noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Ch'orti'

1 entries

utuʼ čay noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏢᏕᎦ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Chinese

4 entries

海鰻 /海鳗 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
烏耳鰻 /乌耳鳗 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
鰻 /鳗 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
鱸鰻 /鲈鳗 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

鰻魚 /鳗鱼 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

䱇 /𱇞 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
鰻 /鳗 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
鰻魚 /鳗鱼 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
鱔魚 /鳝鱼 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Cornish

1 entries

sylli noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Corsican

1 entries

anguilla noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Creek

1 entries

acv´ppv noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Czech

1 entries

úhoř noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Dalmatian

1 entries

anǧola noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Danish

2 entries

ål noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
ålefisk noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Daur

1 entries

kotmaal noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ވެނ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Dutch

3 entries

aal noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
paling noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
palingachtigen noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Elfdalian

1 entries

ål noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Esperanto

1 entries

angilo noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Estonian

2 entries

angerjalised noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
angerjas noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Faroese

2 entries

állur noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
álur noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Finnish

2 entries

ankerias noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
ankeriaskala noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

French

1 entries

anguille noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Friulian

1 entries

bisat noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Galician

2 entries

airoa noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
anguía noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Georgian

1 entries

გველთევზასნაირნი noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

German

2 entries

Aal noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
Aalartige noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Greek

1 entries

χέλι noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Greenlandic

1 entries

nimeriaq noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Gujarati

1 entries

બામ માછલી noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

zangi noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Hawaiian

1 entries

puhi noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Hebrew

1 entries

צְלוֹפָח noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Higaonon

1 entries

kasili noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Hindi

3 entries

बाँब noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
बाम noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
सर्पमीन noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Hungarian

1 entries

angolna noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Icelandic

1 entries

áll noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Ido

1 entries

anguilo noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Indonesian

3 entries

belut noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
ikan mua noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
sidat noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Ingrian

1 entries

ankerias noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Irish

1 entries

eascann noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Isnag

1 entries

ixat noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Italian

1 entries

anguilla noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Japanese

2 entries

ウナギ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
鰻 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Javanese

1 entries

welut noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Kannada

1 entries

ನೀರಹಾವು noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Kapampangan

2 entries

igat noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
palus noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Kashubian

1 entries

wãgòrz noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Kazakh

1 entries

жыланбалық noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Khmer

1 entries

អន្ទង់ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Klamath-Modoc

1 entries

ġawi noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Korean

1 entries

장어 noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Lao

1 entries

ຕົວອ່ຽນ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Latin

1 entries

anguilla noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Latvian

1 entries

zutis noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Limburgish

1 entries

aol noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Lithuanian

2 entries

unguriažuvės noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
ungurys noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

wugoŕ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Laangfësch noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
Éil noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Macedonian

1 entries

јагула noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Malay

2 entries

belut noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
ikan mua noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Malayalam

4 entries

ആരൽ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
മനഞ്ഞില്മത്സ്യം noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
വഴുതിമാറുന്നവന് noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
വിലാഞ്ഞില് noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Maltese

1 entries

sallur noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Manx

1 entries

astan noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Marathi

1 entries

बाम माछली noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries

ga't noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Middle English

1 entries

el noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Māori

1 entries

tuna noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Nahuatl

1 entries

cōāmichin noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Navajo

1 entries

naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Neapolitan

1 entries

capitone noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

mhunga noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Norn

1 entries

ål noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

marmasî noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Northern Sami

1 entries

ággaras noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Norwegian

1 entries

ål noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

O'odham

1 entries

wamad watopi noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Occitan

1 entries

anguila noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Old English

1 entries

ǣl noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Old Norse

1 entries

áll noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

ییلان بالغی noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Persian

1 entries

مارماهی noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Polabian

1 entries

voďör noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Polish

2 entries

węgorz noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
węgorzokształtne noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Portuguese

1 entries

enguia noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Romanian

2 entries

anghilă noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
țipar noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Romansch

1 entries

anguilla noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Russian

1 entries

у́горь noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Saisiyat

1 entries

tola' noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Sanskrit

1 entries

ब्राह्मी noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

easgann noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

jegulja noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
ugor noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
угор noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
јегуља noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Sicilian

4 entries

ancidda noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
anghidda noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
ncidda noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
nghidda noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Slovak

1 entries

úhor noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Slovene

2 entries

jegulja noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
ogór noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Spanish

1 entries

anguila noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Swahili

1 entries

mkunga noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Swedish

1 entries

ål noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠛꠣꠁꠝ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Tagalog

1 entries

igat noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Tajik

1 entries

мормоҳӣ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Tamil

1 entries

விலாங்கு noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Telugu

1 entries

మలుగు చేప noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Tetum

1 entries

tuna noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Thai

1 entries

ปลาไหล noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྦྲུལ་ཉ noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

mario noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Turkish

1 entries

yılan balığı noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Ukrainian

1 entries

вуго́р noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Unami

1 entries

shoxamèkw noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

wuhor noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Uyghur

1 entries

تاسما noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Venetan

4 entries

bisato noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
bixat noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
bixata noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
bixato noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cá chình noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Volapük

4 entries

hipil noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
jipil noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
pil noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)
snekafit noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Walloon

1 entries

anweye noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

indong noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Welsh

1 entries

llysywen noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries

badung noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

West-Frisian

1 entries

iel noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

White Hmong

1 entries

ntses nab noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Wiradjuri

1 entries

galindulin noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Yiddish

1 entries

ווענגער noun (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Holding an eel too fast is the way to let her escape.

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The politician is as slippery as an eel!

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The eel I caught last week is still alive.

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He's like an eel.

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Eel

Synonyms for "eel" (5 found)

Closest matches (1)

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Related words (2)

Related word relations

More general

Related terms

at location

derived

has a

is a

part of

related to

Translations

Abenaki

Afrikaans

Aklanon

Albanian

Algonquin

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Bau Bidayuh

Belarusian

Bengali

Bislama

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cayuga

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Central Melanau

Ch'orti'

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Corsican

Creek

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Daur

Dhivehi

Dutch

Elfdalian

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Irish

Isnag

Italian

Japanese