Placed in a family by itself, the Gavialidae, the gharial has long been separated from the rest of the crocodilian stock, with the possible exception of Tomistoma (Densmore 1983).
Source: wiktionary
Gharial
//ˈɡɛə.ɹi.əl//
Synonyms for "gharial" (4 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Related terms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- جَافِيال noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- جَرَال noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Assamese
1 entries- ঘঁৰিয়াল noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Baluchi
1 entries- مل مچ noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Bengali
2 entries- ঘড়িয়াল noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- ঘোড়েল noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Catalan
1 entries- gavial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 印度食魚鱷 /印度食鱼鳄 noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- 印度鱷 /印度鳄 noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- 恆河鱷 /恒河鳄 noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- 食魚鱷 /食鱼鳄 noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Dutch
1 entries- gaviaal noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Finnish
2 entries- gangesingaviaali noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- gaviaali noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
French
2 entries- gavial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- gavial du Gange noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
German
3 entries- Gangesgavial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- Gavial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- Gharial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Greek
1 entries- γαβιάλης noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઘડિયાલ noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Hindi
1 entries- घड़ियाल noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Japanese
2 entries- インドガビアル noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- ガビアル noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Khmer
1 entries- ក្រពើផ្ទោង noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Malayalam
2 entries- ചീങ്കണ്ണി noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
- മീൻമുതല noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Marathi
1 entries- सुसर noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Navajo
1 entries- táłkááʼ tsʼin bíchį́į́hnézí noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Nepali
1 entries- घडियाल noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Polish
1 entries- gawial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Portuguese
1 entries- gavial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਘੜੀਆਲ noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Russian
1 entries- гавиа́л noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Sindhi
1 entries- گھڙيال noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Spanish
1 entries- gavial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Swedish
1 entries- gavial noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Tamil
1 entries- கரியால் noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Tibetan
1 entries- རེ་འབྱམས་མཆུ་རིང་། noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Urdu
1 entries- گھڑیال noun (crocodilian of genus Gavialis)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
We crossed the Rapti at Bijlipur, three miles from Balrampur, over a pontoon bridge, from where we would often see marsh crocodile and gharial lying on the sandbanks with their mouths open, absorbing the solar heat.
Source: wiktionary
1996, M. V. Subba Rao, Nesting Behaviour of the Indian Crocodiles, Gavialis gangeticus, Crocodylus plaustris and Crocodylus porosus (Reptilia: Crocodylidae), Geethabali R. Ramamurthi, Readings in Behaviour, page 213, Gharials, Gavialis gangeticus are the inhabitants of deep, fast flowing rivers.
Source: wiktionary
The gharial breathes air into its lungs, like caimans, alligators, and crocodiles. It can hold its breath and stay underwater for a long time—more than half an hour. Gharials can also hunt underwater. They even eat their food there.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.