Prism

/ˈpɹɪz(ə)m/

Synonyms for "prism" (37 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Noun(1 words)
optical prism
achromatic lensastigmatic lensburning glasscameracoated lensconcave lensconcavo-convex lens

Strong matches (11)

Noun(1 words)
dispersing prism

Related words (18)

magnifying glassmeniscusobject glassobjectiveobjective prismocularreaderreading glasstelephoto lenstoric lenstrianglevarifocal lenszoom lens
Noun(5 words)
opticrectangular prismright prismspectral prismtriangular prism

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: optical prism, achromatic lens, astigmatic lens, burning glass, camera.
  • Sentence evidence is available for prism, 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 "prism".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "prism"

Keep "prism" 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 "prism" 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 "prism", 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 "prism" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

7 entries
geometric figurelaboratory toollight instrumentoptical devicepolyhedronsolidthree dimensional shape

More specific

6 entries
acrylic prismequilateral prismglass prismhexagonal prismrectangular prismtriangular prism

Collocations

6 entries
disperse lightglass prismmeasure anglerefract lightsplit white lighttriangular prism

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

161 translations across 87 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • prizëm noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizëm noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πρίσμα noun (type of polyhedron)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مَنْشُور noun (type of polyhedron)
  • مَنْشُور noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • مَوْشُور noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Armenian

2 entries
  • պրիզմա noun (type of polyhedron)
  • պրիզմա noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ noun (type of polyhedron)

Asturian

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Basque

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma optico noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пры́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • пры́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Bengali

2 entries
  • প্রিজম noun (type of polyhedron)
  • প্রিজম noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Breton

1 entries
  • kengereg noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပရစ်ဇမ် noun (type of polyhedron)

Catalan

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پوازک noun (type of polyhedron)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 稜柱 /棱柱 noun (type of polyhedron)
  • 稜鏡 /棱镜 noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)

Czech

2 entries
  • hranol noun (type of polyhedron)
  • hranol noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Danish

2 entries
  • prisme noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisme noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Dutch

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • prismo noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prismo noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Estonian

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Farefare

3 entries
  • dɔkãwo noun (type of polyhedron)
  • dɔpẽrga noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)

Finnish

3 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • särmiö noun (type of polyhedron)

French

2 entries
  • prisme noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisme noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Galician

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Georgian

2 entries
  • პრიზმა noun (type of polyhedron)
  • პრიზმა noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

German

2 entries
  • Prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • Prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Greek

2 entries
  • πρίσμα noun (type of polyhedron)
  • πρίσμα noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִנְסָרָה noun (type of polyhedron)
  • מִנְסָרָה noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Hindi

2 entries
  • प्रिज़्म noun (type of polyhedron)
  • प्रिज़्म noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hasáb noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Ido

2 entries
  • prismato noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prismato noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Irish

1 entries
  • priosma noun (type of polyhedron)

Italian

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Japanese

4 entries
  • プリズム noun (type of polyhedron)
  • プリズム noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • 三稜鏡 noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • 角柱 noun (type of polyhedron)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಅಶ್ರಕ noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • призма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ព្រីស noun (type of polyhedron)
  • ព្រីស noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Korean

3 entries
  • 각기둥 noun (type of polyhedron)
  • 프리즘 noun (type of polyhedron)
  • 프리즘 noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • призма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Latin

1 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Latvian

2 entries
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • prizmė noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Malay

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പ്രിസം noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Maltese

1 entries
  • priżma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Marathi

1 entries
  • लोलक noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Moksha

1 entries
  • призмась noun (type of polyhedron)

Māori

1 entries
  • poro noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • prisme noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisme noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • prisme noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisme noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Occitan

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Persian

3 entries
  • شوشِه noun (type of polyhedron)
  • مَنشور noun (type of polyhedron)
  • مَنشور noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Polish

2 entries
  • graniastosłup noun (type of polyhedron)
  • pryzmat noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਰੰਗਾਵਲ noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • prìșma noun (type of polyhedron)

Romanian

2 entries
  • prismă noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prismă noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Russian

2 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prȉzma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prȉzma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • при̏зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при̏зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ප්රිස්මය noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Slovak

2 entries
  • hranol noun (type of polyhedron)
  • hranol noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Slovene

2 entries
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Spanish

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Swedish

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • balimbing noun (type of polyhedron)

Tajik

4 entries
  • маншур noun (type of polyhedron)
  • маншур noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • призма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Tamil

2 entries
  • பட்டகம் noun (type of polyhedron)
  • பட்டகம் noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Tatar

1 entries
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Telugu

2 entries
  • పట్టకం noun (type of polyhedron)
  • పట్టకం noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Thai

2 entries
  • ปริซึม noun (type of polyhedron)
  • ปริซึม noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Turkish

2 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • граностовп noun (type of polyhedron)
  • граняк noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مَنْشُور noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hình lăng trụ noun (type of polyhedron)
  • lăng kính noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Volapük

2 entries
  • prismat noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prismat noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Welsh

1 entries
  • prism noun (type of polyhedron)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • פּריזמע noun (type of polyhedron)
  • פּריזמע noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A prism decomposes light.

Source: tatoeba (34127)

Light is resolved by a prism into seven colors.

Source: tatoeba (240405)

A beam of white light is split by a prism into rays of various colors.

Source: tatoeba (282601)

Inside the prism, violet light slows down more than red light.

Source: tatoeba (3957772)

Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "prism"?

Closest matches include optical prism, achromatic lens, astigmatic lens, burning glass, camera.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "prism"?

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