It's best to wear a cap on your head during the cold Moscow winters.
Source: tatoeba (30567)
Moscow
/ˈmɒskəʊ/
Synonyms for "moscow" (8 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
capital citycenter of power
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Noun(3 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: capital city, center of power, metropolis, muscovian, rome.
- Sentence evidence is available for moscow, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, derived_reverse.
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 "moscow".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "moscow"
Keep "moscow" 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 "moscow" 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 "moscow", 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 "moscow" 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
11 entriesadministrative centercapital citycitygeographic descriptorgeographic termhistorical termpolitical centertime descriptortime zone designationtoponymic adjectiveurban area
More specific
10 entriesKremlinMoscovianMoscow time zoneMoscow-basedMuscovian architectureMuscovian governanceUTC plus 3 alignmentadministrative districtdistrictmunicipality
Collocations
11 entriesMoscow KremlinMoscow MetroMoscow OblastMoscow RiverMoscow State UniversityMoscow TimesMoscow UniversityMoscow dialectMoscow regionMoscow timeMoscow-based
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
310 translations across 253 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Acehnese
1 entries- Moskôw name (capital city of Russia)
Adyghe
1 entries- Мэскэу name (capital city of Russia)
Afrikaans
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Albanian
2 entries- Moska name (capital city of Russia)
- Moskë name (capital city of Russia)
Amharic
2 entries- ሞስኩ name (capital city of Russia)
- ሞስኮ name (capital city of Russia)
Arabic
4 entries- موسكو name (capital city of Russia)
- موسكو name (capital city of Russia)
- موسكو name (capital city of Russia)
- مُوسْكُو name (capital city of Russia)
Aragonese
1 entries- Moscú name (capital city of Russia)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܘܣܩܒܐ name (capital city of Russia)
Armenian
2 entries- Մոսկուա name (capital city of Russia)
- Մոսկվա name (capital city of Russia)
Aromanian
1 entries- Moscova name (capital city of Russia)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܘܣܟܘ name (capital city of Russia)
Asturian
1 entries- Moscú name (capital city of Russia)
Avar
1 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Awadhi
1 entries- मस्को name (capital city of Russia)
Aymara
1 entries- Mosku name (capital city of Russia)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- موسکوا name (capital city of Russia)
Balinese
1 entries- Moskow name (capital city of Russia)
Bambara
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Bashkir
1 entries- Мәскәү name (capital city of Russia)
Basque
1 entries- Mosku name (capital city of Russia)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Moskau name (capital city of Russia)
Belarusian
2 entries- Maskva (łacinka) name (capital city of Russia)
- Масква́ name (capital city of Russia)
Bengali
1 entries- মস্কো name (capital city of Russia)
Bihari
1 entries- मास्को name (capital city of Russia)
Bikol Central
1 entries- Mosku name (capital city of Russia)
Bislama
1 entries- Moskow name (capital city of Russia)
Breton
1 entries- Moskov name (capital city of Russia)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Москва́ name (capital city of Russia)
Burmese
1 entries- မော်စကို name (capital city of Russia)
Buryat
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- Мушхаваа name (capital city of Russia)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- Москва́ name (capital city of Russia)
Catalan
1 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
Cebuano
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مۆسکۆ name (capital city of Russia)
Chamorro
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Chavacano
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Chechen
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- Москох name (capital city of Russia)
Chichewa
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Chinese
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- 莫斯科 name (capital city of Russia)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 莫斯科 name (capital city of Russia)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 莫斯科 name (capital city of Russia)
- 莫斯科 name (a name of a town in the USA)
- 莫斯科窪 /莫斯科洼 name (capital city of Russia)
Church Slavic
2 entries- Москъва name (capital city of Russia)
- Москꙑ name (capital city of Russia)
Chuvash
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- Мускав name (capital city of Russia)
Cornish
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Corsican
1 entries- Mosca name (capital city of Russia)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- Moskova name (capital city of Russia)
- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Czech
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Danish
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Dhivehi
1 entries- މޮސްކޯ name (capital city of Russia)
Dinka
1 entries- Moccow name (capital city of Russia)
Doteli
1 entries- मस्को name (capital city of Russia)
Dutch
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Dzongkha
1 entries- མོསི་ཀོ name (capital city of Russia)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- Моско name (capital city of Russia)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 莫斯科 name (capital city of Russia)
Emilian
1 entries- Måssca name (capital city of Russia)
Erzya
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- Москов name (capital city of Russia)
Esperanto
1 entries- Moskvo name (capital city of Russia)
Estonian
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Extremaduran
1 entries- Moscú name (capital city of Russia)
Farefare
2 entries- Moskovia name (capital city of Russia)
- Moskua name (capital city of Russia)
Faroese
2 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
- Muskó name (capital city of Russia)
Fiji Hindi
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Fijian
1 entries- Mosiko name (capital city of Russia)
Finnish
1 entries- Moskova name (capital city of Russia)
Franco-Provençal
1 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
French
1 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
Friulian
1 entries- Mosche name (capital city of Russia)
Gagauz
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Galician
1 entries- Moscova name (capital city of Russia)
Georgian
1 entries- მოსკოვი name (capital city of Russia)
German
1 entries- Moskau name (capital city of Russia)
Gilaki
1 entries- مؤسکؤ name (capital city of Russia)
Greek
2 entries- Μόσκοου name (a name of a town in the USA)
- Μόσχα name (capital city of Russia)
Guianese Creole
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Gujarati
1 entries- મૌસ્કો name (capital city of Russia)
Gun
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 莫斯科 name (capital city of Russia)
Hausa
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Hawaiian
1 entries- Mokekao name (capital city of Russia)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוֹסְקְבָה name (capital city of Russia)
Hindi
2 entries- मास्को name (capital city of Russia)
- मॉस्को name (capital city of Russia)
Hungarian
1 entries- Moszkva name (capital city of Russia)
Icelandic
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Ido
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Ilocano
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Inari Sami
1 entries- Moskova name (capital city of Russia)
Indonesian
2 entries- Moskow name (capital city of Russia)
- Moskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Ingrian
1 entries- Moskova name (capital city of Russia)
Ingush
1 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Interlingua
1 entries- Moscova name (capital city of Russia)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᒨᔅᑯ name (capital city of Russia)
Irish
1 entries- Moscó name (capital city of Russia)
Italian
2 entries- Mosca name (capital city of Russia)
- Moscow name (a name of a town in the USA)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- Masko name (capital city of Russia)
Japanese
2 entries- モスクワ name (capital city of Russia)
- モスコー name (a name of a town in the USA)
Javanese
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Kabardian
1 entries- Мэзкуу name (capital city of Russia)
Kabiyé
1 entries- Mɔsɩkʊʊ name (capital city of Russia)
Kabyle
1 entries- Musku name (capital city of Russia)
Kalmyk
1 entries- Моску name (capital city of Russia)
Kannada
1 entries- ಮಾಸ್ಕೋ name (capital city of Russia)
Karachay-Balkar
2 entries- Маскау name (capital city of Russia)
- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Karakalpak
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Karelian
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Kashmiri
1 entries- ماسکو name (capital city of Russia)
Kashubian
1 entries- Mòskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Kazakh
1 entries- Мәскеу name (capital city of Russia)
Khmer
1 entries- មូស្គូ name (capital city of Russia)
Kikuyu
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- Мöсква name (capital city of Russia)
Komi-Zyrian
3 entries- Канкар name (capital city of Russia)
- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- Мӧсква name (capital city of Russia)
Kongo
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Korean
1 entries- 모스크바 name (capital city of Russia)
Kumyk
1 entries- Маскев name (capital city of Russia)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- Маскөө name (capital city of Russia)
- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Ladino
1 entries- Mosku name (capital city of Russia)
Lak
1 entries- Москав name (capital city of Russia)
Lao
1 entries- ມົດສະກູ name (capital city of Russia)
Latgalian
1 entries- Moskova name (capital city of Russia)
Latin
3 entries- Moscha name (capital city of Russia)
- Moscovia name (capital city of Russia)
- Moscua name (capital city of Russia)
Latvian
1 entries- Maskava name (capital city of Russia)
Lezgi
1 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Ligurian
1 entries- Mosca name (capital city of Russia)
Limburgish
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Lingala
1 entries- Moskú name (capital city of Russia)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Maskva name (capital city of Russia)
Livvi
1 entries- Moskovu name (capital city of Russia)
Lombard
1 entries- Musca name (capital city of Russia)
Low German
1 entries- Moskau name (capital city of Russia)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- Moskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Luganda
1 entries- Moosko name (capital city of Russia)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Moskau name (capital city of Russia)
Macedonian
1 entries- Мо́сква name (capital city of Russia)
Maithili
1 entries- मस्को name (capital city of Russia)
Malagasy
1 entries- Môsikao name (capital city of Russia)
Malay
1 entries- Mosko name (capital city of Russia)
Malayalam
1 entries- മോസ്കോ name (capital city of Russia)
Maltese
1 entries- Moska name (capital city of Russia)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᠣᠰᠺᠣᠸᠠ name (capital city of Russia)
Manx
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Marathi
2 entries- मॉस्को name (capital city of Russia)
- मॉस्को name (a name of a town in the USA)
Mazanderani
1 entries- موسکو name (capital city of Russia)
Minangkabau
1 entries- Moskow name (capital city of Russia)
Mingrelian
1 entries- მოსკოვი name (capital city of Russia)
Mirandese
1 entries- Moscobo name (capital city of Russia)
Moksha
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- Моску name (capital city of Russia)
Mongolian
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- ᠮᠣᠰᠻᠸᠠ name (capital city of Russia)
Māori
1 entries- Mohikau name (capital city of Russia)
Nahuatl
1 entries- Moscuh name (capital city of Russia)
Nauruan
1 entries- Moskova name (capital city of Russia)
Neapolitan
1 entries- Mosca name (capital city of Russia)
Nepali
2 entries- मस्को name (capital city of Russia)
- मास्को name (capital city of Russia)
Newar
1 entries- मस्को name (capital city of Russia)
Nogai
1 entries- Мескуьв name (capital city of Russia)
North Frisian
1 entries- Moskau name (capital city of Russia)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- Mosko name (capital city of Russia)
Northern Sami
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Northern Sotho
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- Moscow name (a name of a town in the USA)
- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Occitan
1 entries- Moscòu name (capital city of Russia)
Odia
1 entries- ମସ୍କୋ name (capital city of Russia)
Old East Slavic
3 entries- Московь name (capital city of Russia)
- Москъвь name (capital city of Russia)
- Москꙑ name (capital city of Russia)
Oromo
1 entries- Mooskoo name (capital city of Russia)
Ossetian
1 entries- Мӕскуы name (capital city of Russia)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- موسقووا name (capital city of Russia)
Papiamentu
1 entries- Mosku name (capital city of Russia)
Pashto
2 entries- مسکو name (capital city of Russia)
- موسکوا name (capital city of Russia)
Pennsylvania German
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Persian
1 entries- مُسْکو name (capital city of Russia)
Picard
1 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
Pitcairn-Norfolk
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Polish
1 entries- Moskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Pontic Greek
1 entries- Μόσχα name (capital city of Russia)
Portuguese
2 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
- Moscovo name (capital city of Russia)
Punjabi
3 entries- ماسکو name (capital city of Russia)
- ਮਾਸਕੋ name (capital city of Russia)
- ਮੌਸਕੋ name (capital city of Russia)
Quechua
1 entries- Moskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Romagnol
1 entries- Måssca name (capital city of Russia)
Romanian
3 entries- Moscova name (capital city of Russia)
- Moscow name (a name of a town in the USA)
- Москова name (capital city of Russia)
Romansch
1 entries- Moscau name (capital city of Russia)
Russian
2 entries- Мо́скоу name (a name of a town in the USA)
- Москва́ name (capital city of Russia)
Rwanda-Rundi
1 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
Samoan
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Samogitian
1 entries- Maskva name (capital city of Russia)
Sango
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मास्कोनगरम् name (capital city of Russia)
Santali
1 entries- ᱢᱚᱥᱠᱚ name (capital city of Russia)
Sardinian
1 entries- Mosca name (capital city of Russia)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Moskau name (capital city of Russia)
Scots
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Mosgo name (capital city of Russia)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- Moscow name (a name of a town in the USA)
- Mȍskva name (capital city of Russia)
- Мо̏сква name (capital city of Russia)
Shona
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Sicilian
1 entries- Mosca name (capital city of Russia)
Silesian
1 entries- Moskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Sindhi
1 entries- ماسڪو name (capital city of Russia)
Sinhalese
1 entries- මොස්කව් name (capital city of Russia)
Slovak
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Slovene
1 entries- Móskva name (capital city of Russia)
Somali
1 entries- Moskow name (capital city of Russia)
Sotho
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Southern Altai
1 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Spanish
1 entries- Moscú name (capital city of Russia)
Sundanese
1 entries- Moskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Swahili
2 entries- Misko name (capital city of Russia)
- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Swazi
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Swedish
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Tagalog
1 entries- Mosku name (capital city of Russia)
Tahitian
1 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
Tajik
2 entries- Маскав name (capital city of Russia)
- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Tamil
1 entries- மாஸ்கோ name (capital city of Russia)
Tatar
1 entries- Мәскәү name (capital city of Russia)
Telugu
1 entries- మాస్కో name (capital city of Russia)
Tetum
1 entries- Moskovu name (capital city of Russia)
Thai
1 entries- มอสโก name (capital city of Russia)
Tibetan
2 entries- མོ་སི་ཁའོ name (capital city of Russia)
- མོ་སི་ཁོ name (capital city of Russia)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- Mosko name (capital city of Russia)
Tongan
1 entries- Mosekou name (capital city of Russia)
Tumbuka
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Turkish
1 entries- Moskova name (capital city of Russia)
Turkmen
2 entries- Moskwa name (capital city of Russia)
- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Tuvan
1 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Udmurt
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- Муско name (capital city of Russia)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Москва́ name (capital city of Russia)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- Moskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Urdu
1 entries- ماسْکو name (capital city of Russia)
Uyghur
1 entries- موسكۋا name (capital city of Russia)
Uzbek
2 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Venetan
1 entries- Mosca name (capital city of Russia)
Veps
1 entries- Moskv name (capital city of Russia)
Vietnamese
2 entries- Mát-xcơ-va name (capital city of Russia)
- Mạc Tư Khoa name (capital city of Russia)
Vlax-Romani
1 entries- Moscova name (capital city of Russia)
Volapük
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Võro
1 entries- Moskva name (capital city of Russia)
Walloon
1 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Welsh
1 entries- Moscfa name (capital city of Russia)
West Flemish
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Western Mari
1 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
Wolof
1 entries- Mosku name (capital city of Russia)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 莫斯科 name (capital city of Russia)
Xhosa
1 entries- Moscou name (capital city of Russia)
Yakut
2 entries- Москва name (capital city of Russia)
- Москуоба name (capital city of Russia)
Yiddish
1 entries- מאָסקווע name (capital city of Russia)
Zazaki
1 entries- Moskowa name (capital city of Russia)
Zealandic
1 entries- Moskou name (capital city of Russia)
Zhuang
1 entries- Moscow name (capital city of Russia)
Zulu
1 entries- IMoskwa name (capital city of Russia)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
You've got another four day's journey before you reach Moscow.
Source: tatoeba (30568)
Napoleon's army has advanced to Moscow.
Source: tatoeba (36274)
The correspondent filed a report from Moscow.
Source: tatoeba (44663)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "moscow"?
Closest matches include capital city, center of power, metropolis, muscovian, rome.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "moscow"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.