Ratite

//ˈɹætaɪt//

Synonyms for "ratite" (21 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

bird chick cygnet dove eagle

Strong matches (6)

fledgling fowl migrant nestling owl

Noun(1 words)

flightless bird

Related words (10)

peacock pigeon songbird squab stormy petrel swan warbler waterfowl

Adjective(1 words)

ratitate

Noun(1 words)

ratite bird

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

1 entries

bird

More specific

9 entries

cassowary elephant bird emu kiwi moa nothura ostrich rhea tinamou

Antonyms

1 entries

carinate

is a

2 entries

bird flightless bird

related to

15 entries

bird carinate cassowary elephant bird emu extinct flightless kiwi moa order ostrich rhea running struthioniformes tinamou

Translations

7 translations across 7 languages.

Finnish

1 entries

strutsilintu noun (bird)

French

1 entries

ratite noun (bird)

German

1 entries

Laufvogel noun (bird)

Italian

1 entries

ratite noun (bird)

Navajo

1 entries

tsídii doo ndaatʼáʼii noun (bird)

Polish

1 entries

bezgrzebieniowiec noun (bird)

Spanish

1 entries

ratite noun (bird)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Against what was probably the general expectation, it became undeniable that New Zealand was indeed the home of huge ratite birds.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.