He keeps a small poultry yard.
Source: tatoeba (299542)
Poultry
/ˈpoʊltɹi/
Synonyms for "poultry" (61 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: domestic fowl, bantam, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl.
- Sentence evidence is available for poultry, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, 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 "poultry".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "poultry"
Keep "poultry" 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 "poultry" 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 "poultry", 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 "poultry" 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
10 entriesMore specific
13 entriesCollocations
6 entriespoultry farmpoultry farmingpoultry industrypoultry keeperpoultry meatpoultry products
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriespoultry farmingpoultry industrypoultry keeperpoultry product
Translations
86 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- دجاج noun (domestic fowl)
- دجاج noun (fowl meat)
- دواجن noun (domestic fowl)
- دَجَاج noun (domestic fowl)
Armenian
2 entries- ընտանի թռչուններ noun (domestic fowl)
- թռչնամիս noun (fowl meat)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡош-ҡорт noun (domestic fowl)
Belarusian
1 entries- сво́йская пту́шка noun (domestic fowl)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дома́шна пти́ца noun (domestic fowl)
- птица noun (domestic fowl)
Catalan
3 entries- aviram noun (domestic fowl)
- aviram noun (fowl meat)
- volateria noun (domestic fowl)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 家禽 noun (domestic fowl)
- 禽肉 noun (fowl meat)
Czech
1 entries- drůbež noun (domestic fowl)
Danish
2 entries- fjerkræ noun (domestic fowl)
- fjerkræ noun (fowl meat)
Dutch
3 entries- gevogelte noun (fowl meat)
- pluimvee noun (domestic fowl)
- pluimvee noun (fowl meat)
Esperanto
4 entries- birdaĵo noun (fowl meat)
- kortobirdaro noun (domestic fowl)
- kortobirdaĵo noun (fowl meat)
- kortobirdo noun (domestic fowl)
Finnish
3 entries- linnunliha noun (fowl meat)
- lintu noun (fowl meat)
- siipikarja noun (domestic fowl)
French
3 entries- basse-cour noun (domestic fowl)
- volaille noun (domestic fowl)
- volailles noun (domestic fowl)
German
2 entries- Geflügel noun (domestic fowl)
- Geflügel noun (fowl meat)
Greek
2 entries- πουλερικά noun (domestic fowl)
- πουλερικό noun (fowl meat)
Hebrew
1 entries- עוֹף noun (fowl meat)
Hungarian
1 entries- baromfi noun (domestic fowl)
Indonesian
2 entries- daging unggas noun (fowl meat)
- unggas noun (domestic fowl)
Irish
1 entries- éanlaith noun (domestic fowl)
Italian
1 entries- pollame noun (domestic fowl)
Japanese
4 entries- 家禽 noun (domestic fowl)
- 家禽 noun (fowl meat)
- 家禽類 noun (domestic fowl)
- 家禽類 noun (fowl meat)
Korean
1 entries- 가금 noun (domestic fowl)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pjerina noun (domestic fowl)
Macedonian
2 entries- живина noun (domestic fowl)
- живина noun (fowl meat)
Malay
2 entries- poltri noun (domestic fowl)
- unggas domestik noun (domestic fowl)
Māori
1 entries- kikomanu noun (fowl meat)
Norman
1 entries- volaille noun (domestic fowl)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- fjærfe noun (domestic fowl)
- fjørfe noun (domestic fowl)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fjørfe noun (domestic fowl)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- дробизґ noun (domestic fowl)
- живина noun (domestic fowl)
Persian
1 entries- ماکیان noun (domestic fowl)
Polish
2 entries- drób noun (domestic fowl)
- drób noun (fowl meat)
Portuguese
4 entries- ave de capoeira noun (domestic fowl)
- ave de corte noun (domestic fowl)
- ave doméstica noun (domestic fowl)
- carne de ave noun (fowl meat)
Russian
2 entries- дома́шняя пти́ца noun (domestic fowl)
- мя́со пти́цы noun (fowl meat)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- perad noun (domestic fowl)
- živina noun (domestic fowl)
- живина noun (domestic fowl)
- перад noun (domestic fowl)
Slovak
1 entries- hydina noun (domestic fowl)
Slovene
2 entries- perutnina noun (domestic fowl)
- perutnina noun (fowl meat)
Spanish
2 entries- ave de corral noun (domestic fowl)
- pollería noun (fowl meat)
Swedish
1 entries- fjäderfä noun (domestic fowl)
Turkish
1 entries- kümes hayvanları noun (domestic fowl)
Ukrainian
2 entries- сві́йська пти́ця noun (domestic fowl)
- сві́йський птах noun (domestic fowl)
Volapük
1 entries- bödem noun (domestic fowl)
Walloon
4 entries- polet noun (fowl meat)
- poye noun (fowl meat)
- poyes noun (domestic fowl)
- poytreye noun (domestic fowl)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
He sent me a letter to the effect that his poultry farm would go bankrupt sooner or later.
Source: tatoeba (324936)
I do not eat meat, fish, shellfish, poultry or broth.
Source: tatoeba (367973)
I don't eat meat, shellfish, poultry or gravy.
Source: tatoeba (860016)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "poultry"?
Closest matches include domestic fowl, bantam, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "poultry"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.