Have some frozen lobster at any rate.
Source: tatoeba (37636)
Lobster
/ˈlɒb.stə/
Synonyms for "lobster" (53 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Noun(2 words)
crustaceanlobster dish
dungeness crabechiuroideaectoproctaentoproctagawkjapanese crabklutzlangoustelimpetlittleneck clamloobyloutlubberlug
Related words (26)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: blue point, chilopoda, chordata, clam, color.
- Sentence evidence is available for lobster, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss.
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 "lobster".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "lobster"
Keep "lobster" 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 "lobster" 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 "lobster", 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 "lobster" 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
7 entriesMore specific
5 entriesAmerican lobsterEuropean lobsterlobster bisquelobster redlobster thermidor
Collocations
6 entrieslive lobsterlobster meatlobster saucelobster taillobster trapsteamed lobster
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
154 translations across 107 languages.
Abenaki
1 entries- sôga noun (crustacean)
Afrikaans
1 entries- kreef noun (crustacean)
Albanian
2 entries- gaforre e madhe noun (crustacean)
- karavidhe noun (crustacean)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κάμμαρος noun (crustacean)
- ἀστακός noun (crustacean)
Arabic
3 entries- أسْتاكوْزا noun (crustacean)
- كَرْكَنْد noun (crustacean)
- لوبستر noun (crustacean)
Armenian
1 entries- օմար noun (crustacean)
Assamese
1 entries- ডাঙৰ মিছামাছ noun (crustacean)
Asturian
1 entries- llocántaru noun (crustacean)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- omar noun (crustacean)
- xərçəng noun (crustacean)
Basque
1 entries- otarraina noun (crustacean)
Belarusian
1 entries- ама́р noun (crustacean)
Bengali
1 entries- গলদা noun (crustacean)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- झींगा noun (crustacean)
Bonggi
1 entries- kulakng noun (crustacean)
Breton
1 entries- legestr noun (crustacean)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ома́р noun (crustacean)
Burmese
1 entries- ပုဇွန်ထုတ်ကြီး noun (crustacean)
Catalan
3 entries- escamarlà noun (crustacean)
- llagosta noun (crustacean)
- llamàntol noun (crustacean)
Cebuano
1 entries- banagan noun (crustacean)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 龍蝦 /龙虾 noun (crustacean)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 海螯蝦 /海螯虾 noun (crustacean)
- 龍蝦 /龙虾 noun (crustacean)
Cornish
1 entries- legest noun (crustacean)
Corsican
1 entries- gàmbaru noun (crustacean)
Czech
1 entries- humr noun (crustacean)
Danish
1 entries- hummer noun (crustacean)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އިހި noun (crustacean)
Dupaningan Agta
1 entries- lobugen noun (crustacean)
Dutch
3 entries- hommer noun (crustacean)
- kreeft noun (crustacean)
- zeekreeft noun (crustacean)
Esperanto
1 entries- omaro noun (crustacean)
Estonian
1 entries- homaar noun (crustacean)
Faroese
1 entries- hummari noun (crustacean)
Finnish
1 entries- hummeri noun (crustacean)
French
2 entries- homard noun (crustacean)
- langouste noun (crustacean)
Galician
3 entries- lagosta noun (crustacean)
- lubrigante noun (crustacean)
- lumbrigante noun (crustacean)
Georgian
3 entries- ასთაკვი noun (crustacean)
- კიბო noun (crustacean)
- ლობსტერი noun (crustacean)
German
1 entries- Hummer noun (crustacean)
Greek
1 entries- αστακός noun (crustacean)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- oma noun (crustacean)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ula noun (crustacean)
Hebrew
1 entries- לוֹבְּסְטֶר noun (crustacean)
Hiligaynon
3 entries- karitot noun (crustacean)
- kiritot noun (crustacean)
- lukon noun (crustacean)
Hindi
2 entries- झींगा मछली noun (crustacean)
- लॉब्स्टर noun (crustacean)
Hungarian
1 entries- homár noun (crustacean)
Icelandic
1 entries- humar noun (crustacean)
Ido
1 entries- homardo noun (crustacean)
Indonesian
2 entries- lobster noun (crustacean)
- udang laut noun (crustacean)
Ingrian
1 entries- krapu noun (crustacean)
Interlingua
1 entries- homaro noun (crustacean)
Irish
1 entries- gliomach noun (crustacean)
Italian
4 entries- aragosta noun (crustacean)
- astice noun (crustacean)
- gambero di mare noun (crustacean)
- lupicante noun (crustacean)
Japanese
3 entries- イセエビ noun (crustacean)
- オーマル ロブスター noun (crustacean)
- 伊勢海老 noun (crustacean)
Kazakh
1 entries- омар noun (crustacean)
Khmer
2 entries- បង្កងសមុទ្រ noun (crustacean)
- បង្កងសៅទាវ noun (crustacean)
Korean
2 entries- 가재 noun (crustacean)
- 바닷가재 noun (crustacean)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- омар noun (crustacean)
Lao
2 entries- ກຸ້ງໃຫຍ່ noun (crustacean)
- ໂກ່ມ noun (crustacean)
Latin
2 entries- astacus noun (crustacean)
- cammarus noun (crustacean)
Latvian
1 entries- omārs noun (crustacean)
Lithuanian
1 entries- omaras noun (crustacean)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Homard noun (crustacean)
- Hummer noun (crustacean)
Macedonian
1 entries- ја́стог noun (crustacean)
Malay
2 entries- bekara (Labuan) noun (crustacean)
- udang kara noun (crustacean)
Malayalam
1 entries- കൊഞ്ച് noun (crustacean)
Maltese
1 entries- awwista noun (crustacean)
Manx
1 entries- gimmagh noun (crustacean)
Maranao
1 entries- odang noun (crustacean)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- jagej noun (crustacean)
Middle English
1 entries- loppestere noun (crustacean)
Mizo
1 entries- kaikuang noun (crustacean)
Navajo
1 entries- tónteel chʼoshtsoh bíláshgaantsohí noun (crustacean)
Norman
1 entries- honmard noun (crustacean)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hummer noun (crustacean)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hummar noun (crustacean)
Occitan
1 entries- ligombau noun (crustacean)
Old English
1 entries- loppestre noun (crustacean)
Persian
2 entries- خرچنگ دریایی noun (crustacean)
- روبیان noun (crustacean)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Humma noun (crustacean)
Polish
1 entries- homar noun (crustacean)
Portuguese
1 entries- lagosta noun (crustacean)
Romanian
1 entries- homar noun (crustacean)
Russian
2 entries- ло́бстер noun (crustacean)
- ома́р noun (crustacean)
Scots
1 entries- lapster noun (crustacean)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- giomach noun (crustacean)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- hlȃp noun (crustacean)
- jȁstog noun (crustacean)
- хла̑п noun (crustacean)
- ја̏стог noun (crustacean)
Slovak
1 entries- morský rak noun (crustacean)
Slovene
1 entries- jástog noun (crustacean)
Somali
2 entries- argoosto noun (crustacean)
- xayawaan noun (crustacean)
Spanish
4 entries- bogavante noun (crustacean)
- langosta noun (crustacean)
- llocántaro noun (crustacean)
- lobagante noun (crustacean)
Swedish
1 entries- hummer noun (crustacean)
Tagalog
1 entries- ulang noun (crustacean)
Tajik
1 entries- харчанги баҳрӣ noun (crustacean)
Thai
2 entries- กุ้งมังกร noun (crustacean)
- ล็อบสเตอร์ noun (crustacean)
Tongan
1 entries- uo noun (crustacean)
Turkish
1 entries- ıstakoz noun (crustacean)
Turkmen
1 entries- omar noun (crustacean)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ло́бстер noun (crustacean)
- ома́р noun (crustacean)
Urdu
1 entries- لابسٹر noun (crustacean)
Uyghur
1 entries- چوڭ راك noun (crustacean)
Uzbek
1 entries- omar noun (crustacean)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tôm hùm noun (crustacean)
- tôm rồng noun (crustacean)
Volapük
1 entries- humar noun (crustacean)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- banagan noun (crustacean)
Welsh
2 entries- cimwch noun (crustacean)
- cimychiaid noun (crustacean)
West-Frisian
1 entries- kreeft noun (crustacean)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 龍蝦 /龙虾 noun (crustacean)
Yiddish
3 entries- האָמאַר noun (crustacean)
- לאָבסטער noun (crustacean)
- ראַק noun (crustacean)
Zhuang
1 entries- duzlungzyah noun (crustacean)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Have some lobster at any rate.
Source: tatoeba (37667)
We banqueted on lobster that night.
Source: tatoeba (43591)
I don't want to eat a live lobster.
Source: tatoeba (258978)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "lobster"?
Closest matches include blue point, chilopoda, chordata, clam, color.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "lobster"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.