Could we have a fork?
Source: tatoeba (34381)
Fork
/fɔːk/
Synonyms for "fork" (211 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (43)
Noun(12 words)
bicycle forkbifurcatebifurcatingbranchbranch budbranch of logicbranch of physicsbranch of sciencebranch pathbranchesbranchingbranching point
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (63)
Related words (105)
Noun(13 words)
hayforkpitchforkingpitchforkspronged utensilramificationriverseparatespawnsplittableforktined utensiltridentsyokes
heavehollow warehookhurlhurtlein halfinflectioningueninstrumentjerkkneekniveslladlelancelathelaunchlet flylimblob
Show 67 more words
nookoffshootpasspegpeltpitchpitchforkpointpourprongputput the shotquoinramageramificationramifyrunnersarmentscionscoopserveshootshovelshysilversilver platesilverwareslingslipsnapspadespearsplit in twospoonspoonsspraysprigspritsproutstainless-steel warestemstolonsubdividesuckerswerveswitchtablespoontablewareteaspoontendrilthallusthrowtilttooltosstransecttributarytridenttrifurcatetwigvveervertexwishbonezagzigzigzag
Adjective(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: affluent, angle, angle off, apex, bail.
- Sentence evidence is available for fork, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, derived_reverse, wordnet, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "fork".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "fork"
Keep "fork" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "fork" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "fork", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "fork" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
More specific
18 entriesbranch offcarbon forkchild processcode forkdinner forkdivergeenterprise forkmountain bike forkopen source forkprocess creationproject forkrepository forkroad forkroad splitsalad forkseafood fork
Showing 16 of 18 words.
Collocations
10 entriesGit forkbicycle forkcode forkdinner forkfork in the roadfront forkproject forkrepository forksalad forksoftware fork
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
157 translations across 73 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- tuinvurk noun (pronged tool)
- vurk noun (pronged tool)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δίκελλα noun (pronged tool)
Arabic
2 entries- تَشَعَّبَ verb (to divide into two or more branches)
- تَفَرَّعَ verb (to divide into two or more branches)
Armenian
1 entries- պատառաքաղ noun (pronged tool)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܲܫܠܝܵܐ noun (pronged tool)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yaba noun (pronged tool)
Bashkir
1 entries- һәнәк noun (pronged tool)
Belarusian
1 entries- ві́лы noun (pronged tool)
Breton
2 entries- forc'h noun (pronged tool)
- gaol noun (pronged tool)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ви́ла noun (pronged tool)
Catalan
4 entries- bifurcació noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
- forca noun (pronged tool)
- forqueta noun (pronged tool)
- bifurcar-se verb (to divide into two or more branches)
Chechen
1 entries- мӏара noun (pronged tool)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 分叉 noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
- 分叉 verb (computer science: to copy and separately develop a software project)
Cornish
2 entries- forgh noun (pronged tool)
- gowl noun (pronged tool)
Czech
4 entries- odnož noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
- rozbíhat se verb (to divide into two or more branches)
- rozdvojovat se verb (to divide into two or more branches)
- rozdělovat se verb (to divide into two or more branches)
Danish
3 entries- fork noun (pronged tool)
- greb noun (pronged tool)
- høtyv noun (pronged tool)
Dari
1 entries- چَنْگَال noun (pronged tool)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އޫ noun (pronged tool)
Dutch
4 entries- afsplitsing noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- gaffel noun (pronged tool)
- hooivork noun (pronged tool)
Esperanto
1 entries- forkego noun (pronged tool)
Estonian
2 entries- hang noun (pronged tool)
- hark noun (pronged tool)
Finnish
4 entries- forkkaus noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
- forkki noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
- haara noun (name of some river tributaries)
- haarakohta noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
French
4 entries- duplication de processus noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- embranchement noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
- fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- fork noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
Galician
3 entries- forcada noun (pronged tool)
- galla noun (pronged tool)
- galleta noun (pronged tool)
German
4 entries- Abspaltung noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
- Fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- Fork noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
- Fork noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
Greek
1 entries- δικράνι noun (pronged tool)
Greenlandic
1 entries- ajassaatit noun (pronged tool)
Hungarian
1 entries- vasvilla noun (pronged tool)
Ido
1 entries- forko noun (pronged tool)
Indonesian
1 entries- garpu noun (pronged tool)
Interlingua
1 entries- furca noun (pronged tool)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- چَنْگال noun (pronged tool)
Irish
1 entries- píce noun (pronged tool)
Italian
4 entries- affluente noun (name of some river tributaries)
- esecuzione di una fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- forcone noun (pronged tool)
- immissario noun (name of some river tributaries)
Japanese
3 entries- ピッチフォーク noun (pronged tool)
- フォーク noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- 鍬 noun (pronged tool)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- вила noun (pronged tool)
Korean
2 entries- 갈퀴 noun (pronged tool)
- 쇠스랑 noun (pronged tool)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- айры noun (pronged tool)
Latin
1 entries- furca noun (pronged tool)
Latvian
2 entries- dakša noun (pronged tool)
- sazaroties verb (to divide into two or more branches)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šakės noun (pronged tool)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Gafel noun (pronged tool)
Macedonian
1 entries- вила noun (pronged tool)
Maltese
1 entries- furkettun noun (pronged tool)
Marathi
3 entries- फोर्क noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- फोर्क noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
- फोर्क noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
Māori
1 entries- tīrou noun (pronged tool)
Norman
1 entries- frouque noun (pronged tool)
North Frisian
3 entries- Furk noun (pronged tool)
- Gaawel noun (pronged tool)
- goobel noun (pronged tool)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gaffel noun (pronged tool)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gaffel noun (pronged tool)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Gaufel noun (pronged tool)
Polish
3 entries- widły noun (pronged tool)
- rozwidlać się verb (to divide into two or more branches)
- rozwidlić się verb (to divide into two or more branches)
Portuguese
4 entries- bifurcação noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
- encruzilhada noun (figurative: point in time of making a decision)
- forcado noun (pronged tool)
- fork noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
Romagnol
1 entries- furchèta noun (pronged tool)
Romanian
1 entries- furcă noun (pronged tool)
Russian
2 entries- ви́лы noun (pronged tool)
- рука́в noun (name of some river tributaries)
Saanich
4 entries- EQIYN noun (pronged tool)
- J₭ELSTEN noun (pronged tool)
- TĆOŦEN noun (pronged tool)
- ŚKEXÁL¸S noun (pronged tool)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gràpa noun (pronged tool)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- vile noun (pronged tool)
- viljuška noun (pronged tool)
- виле noun (pronged tool)
Sicilian
4 entries- fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
- fork noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
- furca noun (pronged tool)
- furca noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
Slovak
4 entries- vidly noun (pronged tool)
- rozdeliť sa verb (to divide into two or more branches)
- rozdvojiť sa verb (to divide into two or more branches)
- rozvetviť sa verb (to divide into two or more branches)
Sotho
1 entries- fereko noun (pronged tool)
Southern Altai
1 entries- айырмууш noun (pronged tool)
Spanish
3 entries- horca noun (pronged tool)
- trinche noun (pronged tool)
- bifurcarse verb (to divide into two or more branches)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- forku noun (pronged tool)
Swedish
4 entries- grep noun (pronged tool)
- korsväg noun (figurative: point in time of making a decision)
- vägskäl noun (figurative: point in time of making a decision)
- vägval noun (figurative: point in time of making a decision)
Tarifit
1 entries- tazzart noun (pronged tool)
Turkish
1 entries- yaba noun (pronged tool)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́ла noun (pronged tool)
Unami
1 entries- làxaokw noun (pronged tool)
Walloon
1 entries- fortchete noun (pronged tool)
Welsh
4 entries- fforc noun (pronged tool)
- fforch noun (pronged tool)
- ffyrc noun (pronged tool)
- gafl noun (pronged tool)
West-Frisian
1 entries- foarke noun (pronged tool)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
Although the fork entered society on the tables of rich people, many members of royalty, such as Elizabeth I of England and Louis XIV of France, ate with their fingers.
Source: tatoeba (34385)
A fork fell off the table.
Source: tatoeba (34388)
I can't use a fork well.
Source: tatoeba (34389)
Showing 4 of 32 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "fork"?
Closest matches include affluent, angle, angle off, apex, bail.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "fork"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.