Fishy

//ˈfɪʃi//

Synonyms for "fishy" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Adjective(2 words)
diceydodgy

Strong matches (33)

Noun(1 words)
fishy wishy
Adjective(1 words)
funny

Related words (56)

Adjective(3 words)
shadysuspectsuspicious

Related word relations

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8 relation types

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

1 entries

at location

1 entries

derived

5 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

3 entries

related to

7 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

84 translations across 28 languages.

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Belarusian

1 entries
  • ры́бка noun (little fish)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • подозрителен adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • рибен adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • рибешки adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • съмнителен adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sospitós adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 可疑 adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • 腥 adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • 魚 /鱼 adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • 小魚 /小鱼 noun (little fish)

Czech

2 entries
  • rybí adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • rybička noun (little fish)

Danish

3 entries
  • fiskeagtig adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • lusket adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • småfisk noun (little fish)

Dutch

3 entries
  • verdacht adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • visachtig adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • visje noun (little fish)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fiŝeto noun (little fish)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epäilyttävä adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • kalaisa adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • kalamainen adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • kalan adj (of, from, or similar to fish)

French

4 entries
  • de poisson adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • ichthyique adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • suspect adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • petit poisson noun (little fish)

Galician

2 entries
  • sospeitoso adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • peixiño noun (little fish)

German

4 entries
  • Fisch adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • anrüchig adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • fischig adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • verdächtig adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)

Greek

1 entries
  • ψαράκι noun (little fish)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • bűzlik adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • halacska noun (little fish)

Italian

2 entries
  • di pesce adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • sospettoso adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 魚の adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • 小魚 noun (little fish)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • rybka noun (little fish)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • подозри́телен adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • ри́бен adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • ри́бин adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • ри́бји adj (of, from, or similar to fish)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • småfisk noun (little fish)

Polish

4 entries
  • podejrzany adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • rybi adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • śmierdzący adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • rybka noun (little fish)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • de peixe adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • suspeito adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • peixinho noun (little fish)

Romanian

1 entries
  • peștișor noun (little fish)

Russian

4 entries
  • подозри́тельный adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • ры́бий adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • ры́бный adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • рыбоподо́бный adj (of, from, or similar to fish)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • ribica noun (little fish)
  • рибица noun (little fish)

Slovak

3 entries
  • rybací adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • rybí adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • rybka noun (little fish)

Spanish

3 entries
  • sospechoso adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • pececito noun (little fish)
  • pescadito noun (little fish)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fiskaktig adj (of, from, or similar to fish)
  • lurig adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • lurt adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)
  • skum adj (suspicious; inspiring doubt)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ри́бка noun (little fish)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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Her mother must have smelled something fishy.

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I was locked out! There's got to be something fishy going on.

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My husband tells me he goes to work even on Sundays and holidays but sometimes I suspect there's something fishy about his story.

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This sounds fishy.

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