Shark

//ʃɑːk//

Synonyms for "shark" (125 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (25)

Strong matches (38)

Related word relations

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14 relation types

More general

8 entries

cheat chisel elasmobranch expert fish offender selachian wrongdoer

Synonyms

2 entries

haye hustler

Related terms

8 entries

barracuda dogfish hammerhead porbeagle smooth hound thresher white pointer wobbegong

at location

97 entries

all oceans of world atlantic ocean australia bad hollywood movie bad movie baltimore aquarium barrier reef beachs of australia billiards room bloody waters business chinese soup coral reef court room deep blue waters deep ocean

Showing 16 of 97 words.

capable of

2 entries

circle swimmer swim

derived

173 entries

Atlantic sharpnose shark Ganges shark Greenland shark Shark Bay Siamese bala shark Snark angel shark angelshark antishark bala shark bamboo shark basking shark blacktip reef shark blind shark blue shark bonnethead shark

Showing 16 of 173 words.

desires

1 entries

eat

etymologically related_to

4 entries

dogfish haye shear shirk

has a

1 entries

rough skin

has context

3 entries

derogatory games sports

is a

9 entries

elasmobranch expert fish fish cant stop swimming insect predatory animal stronger than human tasty meat wrongdoer

manner of

2 entries

cheat fish

receives action

1 entries

eaten

related to

65 entries

ambulance chaser amoral animal barracuda big big fin big fish big teeth business creature dangerous dangerous animal dangerous fish dogfish eats eats people

Showing 16 of 65 words.

Translations

229 translations across 157 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аӷлам noun (fish)

Adyghe

3 entries

акул noun (fish)
хытыгъужъ noun (fish)
хыхьэ noun (fish)

Afrikaans

1 entries

haai noun (fish)

Albanian

1 entries

peshkaqen noun (fish)

Amharic

1 entries

ሻርክ noun (fish)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

σέλαχος noun (fish)

Arabic

4 entries

سمكة القرش noun (fish)
سَمَكَةُ الْقِرْش noun (fish)
قرش noun (fish)
قرش noun (fish)

Aragonese

1 entries

tiburón noun (fish)

Armenian

1 entries

շնաձուկ noun (fish)

Assamese

2 entries

হাংগৰ noun (fish)
হাঙৰ noun (fish)

Asturian

2 entries

escualu noun (fish)
tiburón noun (fish)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

akula noun (fish)
köpək balığı noun (fish)

Bashkir

1 entries

акула noun (fish)

Basque

1 entries

marrazo noun (fish)

Belarusian

1 entries

аку́ла noun (fish)

Bengali

2 entries

হাঙর noun (fish)
হাঙ্গর noun (fish)

Breton

2 entries

morvleiz noun (fish)
rinkin noun (fish)

Bulgarian

1 entries

аку́ла noun (fish)

Burmese

1 entries

ငါးမန်း noun (fish)

Catalan

2 entries

esqual noun (fish)
tauró noun (fish)

Cebuano

1 entries

iho noun (fish)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

کۆسە noun (fish)

Chechen

1 entries

гӏоркхма noun (fish)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᏗᎧᏳᎦ noun (fish)

Chinese

1 entries

鯊魚 /鲨鱼 noun (fish)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

鯊魚 /鲨鱼 noun (fish)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

鯊魚 /鲨鱼 noun (fish)

Chuvash

1 entries

акула noun (fish)

Cornish

1 entries

morvleydh noun (fish)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

akula noun (fish)
köpek balığı noun (fish)

Czech

2 entries

šejdíř noun (one who exploits others)
žralok noun (fish)

Danish

1 entries

haj noun (fish)

Dhivehi

1 entries

މިޔަރު noun (fish)

Dutch

1 entries

haai noun (fish)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

鯊魚 /鲨鱼 noun (fish)

Esperanto

1 entries

ŝarko noun (fish)

Estonian

1 entries

hai noun (fish)

Faroese

1 entries

hávur noun (fish)

Fiji Hindi

1 entries

nangio noun (fish)

Fijian

1 entries

qio noun (fish)

Finnish

4 entries

biljardihai noun (good poker or pool player)
hai noun (fish)
hai noun (good poker or pool player)
haukka noun (relentless and resolute person)

French

3 entries

requin noun (fish)
requin noun (person who feigns ineptitude)
squale noun (fish)

Galician

4 entries

cailón noun (fish)
lamia noun (fish)
marrago noun (fish)
quenlla noun (fish)

Georgian

1 entries

ზვიგენი noun (fish)

German

3 entries

Hai noun (fish)
Hai noun (fish)
Haifisch noun (fish)

Greek

1 entries

καρχαρίας noun (fish)

Greenlandic

1 entries

eqalussuaq noun (fish)

Gujarati

1 entries

શાર્ક noun (fish)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

reken noun (fish)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

鯊魚 /鲨鱼 noun (fish)

Hawaiian

1 entries

manō noun (fish)

Hebrew

1 entries

כָּרִישׁ noun (fish)

Hindi

2 entries

शार्क noun (fish)
हाँगर noun (fish)

Hungarian

4 entries

cápa noun (fish)
cápa noun (one who exploits others)
hiéna noun (one who exploits others)
üzér noun (one who exploits others)

Icelandic

1 entries

hákarl noun (fish)

Ido

1 entries

sharko noun (fish)

Indonesian

1 entries

hiu noun (fish)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries

كوسج noun (fish)

Irish

1 entries

siorc noun (fish)

Italian

2 entries

pescecane noun (fish)
squalo noun (fish)

Japanese

2 entries

サメ noun (fish)
鮫 noun (fish)

Javanese

1 entries

ꦲꦶꦪꦸ noun (fish)

Jingpho

1 entries

ngăman noun (fish)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries

tibaron noun (fish)
tubaron noun (fish)

Kalmyk

1 entries

аврһ заһсн noun (fish)

Kannada

1 entries

ಷಾರ್ಕ್ ಮೀನು noun (fish)

Kapampangan

2 entries

limpasut noun (fish)
pating noun (fish)

Kazakh

1 entries

акула noun (fish)

Khmer

2 entries

ឆ្លាម noun (fish)
ត្រីឆ្លាម noun (fish)

Kongo

1 entries

dukudaka noun (fish)

Korean

1 entries

상어 noun (fish)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

акула noun (fish)

Lao

2 entries

ປາສະຫຼາມ noun (fish)
ສະຫຼາມ noun (fish)

Latin

1 entries

squalus noun (fish)

Latvian

2 entries

haizivis noun (fish)
haizivs noun (fish)

Ligurian

1 entries

squæo noun (fish)

Limburgish

1 entries

hej noun (fish)

Lithuanian

1 entries

ryklys noun (fish)

Low German

1 entries

hai noun (fish)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Hai noun (fish)
Haifësch noun (fish)

Macedonian

1 entries

ајкула noun (fish)

Maguindanao

1 entries

bagisan noun (fish)

Malagasy

1 entries

akio noun (fish)

Malay

3 entries

ikan yu noun (fish)
jerung noun (fish)
yu noun (fish)

Malayalam

1 entries

സ്രാവ് noun (fish)

Maltese

2 entries

kelb il-baħar noun (fish)
xark noun (fish)

Manx

1 entries

sharkagh noun (fish)

Maranao

1 entries

begisan noun (fish)

Marathi

1 entries

मोरी noun (fish)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries

siglati noun (fish)

Middle Korean

1 entries

두루치 noun (fish)

Mongolian

4 entries

аварга загас noun (fish)
дулан загас noun (fish)
ᠠᠪᠤᠷᠭᠤ ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠰᠤ noun (fish)
ᠳᠤᠯᠠᠨ ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠰᠤ noun (fish)

Murik (New Guinea)

1 entries

kaŋgoŋasen noun (fish)

Māori

1 entries

mangō noun (fish)

Nauruan

1 entries

ebawo noun (fish)

Navajo

1 entries

łóóʼ hashkéhé noun (fish)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries

mbamba noun (fish)
panganyile noun (fish)

Nheengatu

1 entries

iperú noun (fish)

Niuean

1 entries

magō noun (fish)

Nivkh

1 entries

ваӻс noun (fish)

Norman

3 entries

cheurque noun (fish)
chörk noun (fish)
hau noun (fish)

North Frisian

1 entries

heifask noun (fish)

Northern Sami

1 entries

háia noun (fish)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

hai noun (fish)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

hai noun (fish)

Occitan

1 entries

làmia noun (fish)

Old Tupi

1 entries

yperu noun (fish)

Pashto

1 entries

منو noun (fish)

Persian

1 entries

کوسه noun (fish)

Polish

2 entries

rekin noun (fish)
rekin noun (relentless and resolute person)

Portuguese

4 entries

cação noun (fish)
escalho noun (fish)
escalo noun (fish)
tubarão noun (fish)

Quechua

1 entries

tiwrun noun (fish)

Romanian

1 entries

rechin noun (fish)

Romansch

1 entries

squagl noun (fish)

Russian

1 entries

аку́ла noun (fish)

Samoan

2 entries

magō noun (fish)
malie noun (fish)

Samogitian

1 entries

rīklīs noun (fish)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cearban noun (fish)
siorc noun (fish)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ajkula noun (fish)
morski pas noun (fish)
mòrskī pȁs noun (fish)
ајкула noun (fish)

Shan

1 entries

ပႃငမၢၼ်း noun (fish)

Sinhalese

1 entries

මෝරා noun (fish)

Skolt Sami

1 entries

akkli noun (fish)

Slovak

1 entries

žralok noun (fish)

Slovene

1 entries

morski pes noun (fish)

Spanish

2 entries

escualo noun (fish)
tiburón noun (fish)

Sundanese

1 entries

hiu noun (fish)

Swahili

1 entries

papa noun (fish)

Swedish

1 entries

haj noun (fish)

Tagalog

1 entries

pating noun (fish)

Tajik

2 entries

кӯсамоҳӣ noun (fish)
наҳанг noun (fish)

Tamil

1 entries

சுறா noun (fish)

Tatar

1 entries

акула noun (fish)

Tausug

1 entries

kaytan noun (fish)

Telugu

1 entries

సొర చేప noun (fish)

Tetum

1 entries

uu noun (fish)

Thai

2 entries

ฉลาม noun (fish)
ปลาฉลาม noun (fish)

Tibetan

1 entries

གཏུམ་ཉ noun (fish)

Tlingit

1 entries

chich.uwaa noun (fish)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

sak noun (fish)

Tongan

1 entries

ʻanga noun (fish)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries

ركان noun (fish)

Turkish

1 entries

köpek balığı noun (fish)

Turkmen

1 entries

akula noun (fish)

Ukrainian

1 entries

аку́ла noun (fish)

Urdu

2 entries

شارک noun (fish)
شارک مچھلی noun (fish)

Uyghur

2 entries

ئاكۇلا noun (fish)
لەھەڭ noun (fish)

Uzbek

1 entries

akula noun (fish)

Veps

1 entries

akul noun (fish)

Vietnamese

2 entries

cá mập noun (fish)
cá nhám noun (fish)

Volapük

1 entries

jak noun (fish)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

pating noun (fish)

Welsh

4 entries

morgi noun (fish)
rheibiwr noun (one who exploits others)
siarc noun (fish)
twyllwr noun (one who exploits others)

Woleaian

1 entries

pagow noun (fish)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

鯊魚 /鲨鱼 noun (fish)

Yiddish

2 entries

הײַפֿיש noun (fish)
שאַרק noun (fish)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

xoc noun (fish)

Zulu

1 entries

ushaka class 1a/2a noun (fish)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

However, I can't help noticing, at this moment, that at first glance it seems inevitable that the shark will devour the man.

Source: tatoeba (53544)

The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.

Source: tatoeba (54018)

A shark snapped the man's leg off.

Source: tatoeba (54019)

Christopher Columbus's "The Idiot's Guide to Killing a Shark Barehanded" and "The Twenty Ways to Strangle a Giant Squid" both went on to become bestsellers.

Source: tatoeba (564007)

Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.

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Shark

Synonyms for "shark" (125 found)

Closest matches (25)

Strong matches (38)

Related words (62)

Related word relations

More general

Synonyms

Related terms

at location

capable of

derived

desires

etymologically related_to

has a

has context

is a

manner of

receives action

related to

Translations

Abkhaz

Adyghe

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Aragonese

Armenian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chechen

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Chuvash

Cornish

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dhivehi

Dutch

Eastern Min Chinese

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Fiji Hindi

Fijian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Greenlandic

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hakka Chinese

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Iraqi Arabic

Irish