Limb

//lɪm//

Synonyms for "limb" (147 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (30)

arm ankle appendage bank bar bastard bayonet legs beam bine board boom border bordure bough bowlegs branch branchedness branchiness brim brink

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brow burgeon calf cant hook claw bar cnemis coast

Noun(3 words)

arm bough branch

Strong matches (44)

crank crow crowbar deadwood delimb devil drumstick edge enervated enfant terrible featheredge flagellum flange foreleg fork frame fringe frond gam gamb

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gambrel gigot ham hand handspike hem hind leg hock imp iron crow jamb jimmy joint knee labellum labium labrum ledge leg lever limbus

Verb(1 words)

delimb

Noun(2 words)

extremity limb of satan

Related words (73)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

10 entries

appendage arc border branch edge extremity member part portion projection

More specific

3 entries

arm leg wing

Antonyms

3 entries

body whole whole body

Synonyms

2 entries

arm delimb

derived

31 entries

CHILD syndrome Roux limb belimb dislimb forelimb go out on a limb hind limb interlimb intralimb life and limb limb brightening limb darkening limb from limb limb girdle syndrome limb of the law limb-brightened

Showing 16 of 31 words.

has context

3 entries

archery astronomy botany

holonym

1 entries

body

is a

6 entries

appendage arc branch edge extremity part

part of

5 entries

appendicular skeleton bow octant sextant tree

related to

38 entries

apparent appendage appendages arc arm arm leg blade body body appendages body part border bow branch celestial circle corolla

Showing 16 of 38 words.

Translations

176 translations across 80 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

ledemaat noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Albanian

1 entries

gjymtyrë noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

κλάδος noun (branch of a tree)
κῶλον noun (major appendage of human or animal)
μέλος noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Arabic

4 entries

طرف noun (major appendage of human or animal)
طَرَف noun (major appendage of human or animal)
عضو noun (major appendage of human or animal)
عُضْو noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Armenian

1 entries

անդամ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Aromanian

1 entries

mãdular noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

üzv noun (major appendage of human or animal)
ətraf noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Bashkir

1 entries

ағза noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Belarusian

1 entries

канцаві́на noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Bengali

1 entries

অঙ্গ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Breton

1 entries

ezel noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вейка noun (branch of a tree)
клон noun (branch of a tree)
кра́йник noun (major appendage of human or animal)
рамо noun (part of bow)

Burmese

1 entries

အင်္ဂါ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Catalan

1 entries

membre noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Chamicuro

1 entries

ilapa noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

手腳 /手脚 noun (major appendage of human or animal)
肢 noun (major appendage of human or animal)
支解 verb (to remove limbs)

Czech

3 entries

končetina noun (major appendage of human or animal)
větev noun (branch of a tree)
úd noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Danish

1 entries

lem noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Dhivehi

1 entries

އަނގުން noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Dutch

3 entries

ledemaat noun (major appendage of human or animal)
lid noun (major appendage of human or animal)
lidmaat noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Esperanto

1 entries

membro noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Estonian

1 entries

jäse noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Finnish

4 entries

haara noun (branch of a tree)
jäsen noun (major appendage of human or animal)
puunhaara noun (branch of a tree)
raaja noun (major appendage of human or animal)

French

4 entries

branche noun (branch of a tree)
branche noun (part of bow)
extrémité noun (major appendage of human or animal)
limbe noun (apparent visual edge)

Galician

4 entries

extremidade noun (major appendage of human or animal)
galla noun (branch of a tree)
membro noun (major appendage of human or animal)
nembro noun (branch of a tree)

Georgian

2 entries

ასო noun (major appendage of human or animal)
კიდური noun (major appendage of human or animal)

German

4 entries

Ast noun (branch of a tree)
Extremitäten noun (major appendage of human or animal)
Glied noun (major appendage of human or animal)
Gliedmaße noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (branch of a tree)
𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Greek

1 entries

μέλος noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Hebrew

2 entries

גַּף noun (major appendage of human or animal)
עָנָף noun (branch of a tree)

Hindi

1 entries

अंग noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Hungarian

1 entries

végtag noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Icelandic

3 entries

grein noun (branch of a tree)
limur noun (major appendage of human or animal)
útlimur noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Ido

1 entries

brancho noun (branch of a tree)

Indonesian

1 entries

anggota noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Ingrian

1 entries

karsia verb (to remove limbs)

Irish

3 entries

ciumhais noun (apparent visual edge)
géag noun (major appendage of human or animal)
géag noun (branch of a tree)

Italian

3 entries

arto noun (major appendage of human or animal)
membra noun (major appendage of human or animal)
tentacolo noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Japanese

3 entries

手足 noun (major appendage of human or animal)
肢 noun (major appendage of human or animal)
切り放す verb (to remove limbs)

Kazakh

1 entries

аяқ-қол noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Khmer

1 entries

អង្គ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Korean

4 entries

사지 noun (major appendage of human or animal)
지 noun (major appendage of human or animal)
팔 noun (major appendage of human or animal)
팔다리 noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кол-аяк noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Lao

1 entries

ອົງ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Latin

4 entries

articulus noun (major appendage of human or animal)
artus noun (major appendage of human or animal)
membrum noun (major appendage of human or animal)
rāmus noun (branch of a tree)

Latvian

1 entries

loceklis noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Lithuanian

1 entries

galūnė noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Macedonian

4 entries

екстремите́т noun (major appendage of human or animal)
крак noun (major appendage of human or animal)
член noun (major appendage of human or animal)
обесчле́нува verb (to remove limbs)

Mongolian

2 entries

мөч noun (major appendage of human or animal)
үе noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Māori

1 entries

kauwhanga noun (branch of a tree)

Navajo

3 entries

atsʼáozʼaʼ noun (major appendage of human or animal)
atsʼáozʼaʼ noun (branch of a tree)
bigaan noun (branch of a tree)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

lem noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Ojibwe

1 entries

wadikwan noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

оудъ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Old English

2 entries

lim noun (major appendage of human or animal)
liþ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Persian

1 entries

اندام noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Polish

4 entries

brzeg tarczy noun (apparent visual edge)
kończyna noun (major appendage of human or animal)
odnoga noun (major appendage of human or animal)
rozczłonkowywać verb (to remove limbs)

Portuguese

4 entries

braço noun (part of bow)
galho noun (branch of a tree)
limbo noun (apparent visual edge)
membro noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਅੰਗ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Romanian

3 entries

ciolan noun (major appendage of human or animal)
membru noun (major appendage of human or animal)
mădular noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Russian

4 entries

ве́тка noun (branch of a tree)
ветвь noun (branch of a tree)
коне́чность noun (major appendage of human or animal)
сук noun (branch of a tree)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अङ्ग noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

geug noun (major appendage of human or animal)
geug noun (branch of a tree)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ud noun (major appendage of human or animal)
уд noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Slovak

1 entries

končatina noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Slovene

1 entries

okončina noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Spanish

3 entries

extremidad noun (major appendage of human or animal)
miembro noun (major appendage of human or animal)
rama noun (branch of a tree)

Swedish

3 entries

gren noun (branch of a tree)
lem noun (major appendage of human or animal)
kvista verb (to remove limbs)

Tagalog

1 entries

galamay noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Tajik

1 entries

андом noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Tatar

1 entries

әгъза noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Thai

2 entries

องค์ noun (major appendage of human or animal)
แขนขา noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Tocharian B

2 entries

karāk noun (branch of a tree)
āmpär noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Turkish

1 entries

uzuv noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Turkmen

2 entries

agza noun (major appendage of human or animal)
çlen noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Ukrainian

1 entries

кінці́вка noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Urdu

1 entries

انگ noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Uzbek

2 entries

aʼzo noun (major appendage of human or animal)
qoʻl-oyoqlar noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Vietnamese

4 entries

but see chân tay noun (major appendage of human or animal)
chi noun (major appendage of human or animal)
chân noun (major appendage of human or animal)
cành noun (branch of a tree)

Yiddish

1 entries

אבֿר noun (major appendage of human or animal)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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I'm not going out on a limb for you because you never helped me before.

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Tom Skeleton was shaking and trembling in every limb.

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Some of the photos have been taken at the risk of life and limb.

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I don't want to go out on a limb.

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