Silk

//sɪlk//

Synonyms for "silk" (118 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (24)

Strong matches (35)

Related word relations

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15 relation types

More general

6 entries

animal fiber animal fibre cloth fabric material textile

Antonyms

5 entries

burlap cotton rough satin wool

Related terms

1 entries

sericin

at location

13 entries

asia china chinatown expensive clothing fabric garments japan mulberry tree nightgown parachutes shirt tie woman's closet

capable of

3 entries

dyed brilliant and vibrant colors feel sexy feel soft

dbpedia language

1 entries

italian language

derived

64 entries

Sri Lankan tussar silk moth ahimsa silk cactus silk corn silk cornsilk crow-silk desilk fart through silk floss silk floss-silk flox silk glass silk golden silk orb-weaver hit the silk make a silk purse of a sow's ear nonsilk

Showing 16 of 64 words.

distinct from

2 entries

cotton lace

etymologically related_to

1 entries

seres

has context

2 entries

circus arts horse racing

has property

2 entries

organic soft

is a

13 entries

animal fiber animal protein fiber book excretment from worms expensive fabric fabric natural fabric natural fiber natural material organic fiber protein translucence type fabric

receives action

7 entries

dyed formed into threads had from silkworms made from bugs spun into thread stained by ink used in textiles

related to

263 entries

arthropod asia asia fabric asia worms behinds blouse bottoms by worms caterpillar caterpillar thread china china origin chinese chinese cloth chinese worms cloth

Showing 16 of 263 words.

used for

20 entries

bed sheets bedsheets boxers clothing clothing items fingernails hosiery for women make dress making boxer shorts making pajamas making sheets making shirts material for clothing men's ties nighties sew pillow

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Translations

302 translations across 143 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

mëndafsh noun (fiber)
mëndafsh noun (fabric)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μέταξα noun (fabric)
σηρικόν noun (fabric)

Arabic

4 entries

إبْرَيْسَم noun (fiber)
إبْرَيْسَم noun (fabric)
إبْرِيسِم noun (fiber)
إبْرِيسِم noun (fabric)

Armenian

2 entries

մետաքս noun (fiber)
մետաքս noun (fabric)

Aromanian

2 entries

mãtase noun (fiber)
mãtase noun (fabric)

Assamese

1 entries

ৰেচম noun (fiber)

Asturian

2 entries

seda noun (fiber)
seda noun (fabric)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

ipək noun (fiber)
ipək noun (fabric)

Banjarese

1 entries

lalamas noun (fiber)

Basque

1 entries

zeta noun (fiber)

Belarusian

4 entries

шоўк noun (fiber)
шоўк noun (fabric)
ядва́б noun (fiber)
ядва́б noun (fabric)

Bengali

3 entries

রেশম noun (fiber)
রেশম noun (fabric)
সিল্ক noun (fabric)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

रेशम noun (fiber)

Breton

1 entries

seiz noun (fiber)

Bulgarian

3 entries

копри́на noun (fiber)
копри́на noun (fabric)
сви́ла noun (fiber)

Burmese

1 entries

ပိုး noun (fabric)

Catalan

2 entries

seda noun (fiber)
seda noun (fabric)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

ئاوریشم noun (fiber)
ئاوریشم noun (fabric)

Central Melanau

1 entries

seterak noun (fiber)

Chechen

1 entries

чилла noun (fiber)

Chinese

4 entries

сычу noun (fabric)
сыщян noun (fiber)
絲 /丝 noun (fabric)
絲綢 /丝绸 noun (fabric)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

絲 /丝 noun (fabric)
絲綢 /丝绸 noun (fabric)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

絲 /丝 noun (fiber)
絲 /丝 noun (fabric)
絲綢 /丝绸 noun (fabric)
絲線 /丝线 noun (fiber)

Coptic

1 entries

ϣⲉⲛⲥ noun (fiber)

Cornish

1 entries

owrlin noun (fiber)

Corsican

1 entries

seta noun (fiber)

Czech

2 entries

hedvábí noun (fiber)
hedvábí noun (fabric)

Dalmatian

2 entries

saita noun (fiber)
saita noun (fabric)

Danish

2 entries

silke noun (fiber)
silke noun (fabric)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ފަށުި noun (fiber)

Dutch

4 entries

rag noun (fiber)
spinrag noun (fiber)
zijde noun (fiber)
zijde noun (fabric)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

絲綢 /丝绸 noun (fabric)

Esperanto

1 entries

silko noun (fiber)

Estonian

2 entries

siid noun (fiber)
siid noun (fabric)

Faroese

2 entries

silki noun (fiber)
silki noun (fabric)

Finnish

2 entries

silkki noun (fiber)
silkki noun (fabric)

French

2 entries

soie noun (fiber)
soie noun (fabric)

Friulian

2 entries

sede noun (fiber)
sede noun (fabric)

Galician

4 entries

seda noun (fiber)
seda noun (fabric)
serda noun (fiber)
serda noun (fabric)

Georgian

2 entries

აბრეშუმი noun (fiber)
აბრეშუმი noun (fabric)

German

2 entries

Seide noun (fiber)
Seide noun (fabric)

Greek

3 entries

μέταξα noun (fiber)
μετάξι noun (fiber)
μετάξι noun (fabric)

Gujarati

1 entries

રેશમ noun (fiber)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

絲綢 /丝绸 noun (fabric)

Hausa

1 entries

tsamiya noun (fiber)

Hawaiian

2 entries

kilika noun (fiber)
lole paheʻe noun (fabric)

Hebrew

2 entries

מֶשִׁי noun (fiber)
מֶשִׁי noun (fabric)

Hindi

4 entries

कौशेय noun (fiber)
कौशेय noun (fabric)
रेशम noun (fiber)
रेशम noun (fabric)

Hungarian

2 entries

selyem noun (fabric)
selyemszál noun (fiber)

Icelandic

2 entries

silki noun (fiber)
silki noun (fabric)

Ido

1 entries

silko noun (fiber)

Indonesian

1 entries

sutra noun (fiber)

Ingrian

2 entries

šulkku noun (fiber)
šulkku noun (fabric)

Interlingua

1 entries

seta noun (fiber)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

اَبْریشَم noun (fiber)
اَبْریشَم noun (fabric)
اَبْریشُم noun (fiber)
اَبْریشُم noun (fabric)

Irish

4 entries

seiric noun (fiber)
síoda noun (fiber)
síoda noun (fabric)
éadach síoda noun (fabric)

Italian

2 entries

seta noun (fiber)
seta noun (fabric)

Japanese

4 entries

絹 noun (fiber)
絹 noun (fabric)
絹地 noun (fabric)
絹布 noun (fabric)

Kannada

1 entries

ರೇಷ್ಮೆ noun (fiber)

Kazakh

2 entries

жібек noun (fiber)
жібек noun (fabric)

Khmer

2 entries

ព្រែ noun (fabric)
សូត្រ noun (fiber)

Korean

3 entries

명주 noun (fiber)
비단 noun (fiber)
비단 noun (fabric)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

жибек noun (fiber)
жибек noun (fabric)

Lao

2 entries

ໄໝ noun (fiber)
ໄໝ noun (fabric)

Latin

4 entries

bombȳx noun (fiber)
bombȳx noun (fabric)
sēricum noun (fiber)
sēricum noun (fabric)

Latvian

2 entries

zīds noun (fiber)
zīds noun (fabric)

Lithuanian

2 entries

šilkas noun (fiber)
šilkas noun (fabric)

Livonian

1 entries

zīḑõz noun (fabric)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Seid noun (fiber)

Lü

2 entries

ᦶᦣ noun (fiber)
ᦺᦖ noun (fiber)

Macedonian

2 entries

свила noun (fiber)
свила noun (fabric)

Malay

2 entries

sutera noun (fiber)
sutera noun (fabric)

Malayalam

2 entries

പട്ട് noun (fiber)
പട്ട് noun (fabric)

Maltese

1 entries

ħarir noun (fabric)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠰᡳᡵᡤᡝ noun (fiber)

Manx

1 entries

sheeidey noun (fiber)

Mongolian

2 entries

торго noun (fabric)
торгон утас noun (fiber)

Māori

1 entries

hiraka noun (fabric)

Nanai

2 entries

гокси noun (fabric)
сэурэ noun (fabric)

Navajo

1 entries

naakʼaʼatʼą́hí disǫsígíí noun (fabric)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

hariri noun (fiber)

Nivkh

1 entries

чарб noun (fabric)

North Frisian

1 entries

siisen noun (fiber)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

herîr noun (fiber)
hevrîşm noun (fiber)
hevrîşm noun (fabric)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries

絲綢 /丝绸 noun (fabric)

Northern Sami

1 entries

silki noun (fabric)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

silke noun (fiber)
silke noun (fabric)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

silke noun (fiber)
silke noun (fabric)

Occitan

2 entries

seda noun (fiber)
seda noun (fabric)

Odia

1 entries

ରେଶମ noun (fiber)

Old East Slavic

2 entries

шьлкъ noun (fiber)
шьлкъ noun (fabric)

Old English

2 entries

seolc noun (fiber)
sīde noun (fiber)

Old Norse

1 entries

silki noun (fabric)

Oromo

1 entries

hariira noun (fiber)

Ossetian

1 entries

цыллӕ noun (fiber)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

ابرشیم noun (fiber)
ایپك noun (fiber)
حریر noun (fiber)
قز noun (fiber)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

гадваб noun (fiber)
гадваб noun (fabric)

Pashto

1 entries

ورېښم noun (fiber)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Sied noun (fabric)

Polish

2 entries

jedwab noun (fiber)
jedwab noun (fabric)

Portuguese

2 entries

seda noun (fiber)
seda noun (fabric)

Rohingya

1 entries

recóm noun (fiber)

Romanian

2 entries

mătase noun (fiber)
mătase noun (fabric)

Romansch

4 entries

saida noun (fiber)
saida noun (fabric)
seda noun (fiber)
seda noun (fabric)

Russian

2 entries

шёлк noun (fiber)
шёлк noun (fabric)

Samogitian

1 entries

sėlks noun (fiber)

Sanskrit

2 entries

कौशेय noun (fiber)
कौशेय noun (fabric)

Sardinian

4 entries

seda noun (fiber)
seda noun (fabric)
sera noun (fiber)
sera noun (fabric)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

sròl noun (fabric)
sìoda noun (fiber)
sìoda noun (fabric)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

svíla noun (fiber)
svíla noun (fabric)
сви́ла noun (fiber)
сви́ла noun (fabric)

Sicilian

1 entries

sita noun (fiber)

Slovak

2 entries

hodváb noun (fiber)
hodváb noun (fabric)

Slovene

2 entries

svila noun (fiber)
svila noun (fabric)

Somali

1 entries

xariir noun (fiber)

Southern Altai

4 entries

торко noun (fiber)
торко noun (fabric)
јибек noun (fiber)
јибек noun (fabric)

Spanish

2 entries

seda noun (fiber)
seda noun (fabric)

Sundanese

1 entries

sutra noun (fiber)

Swahili

1 entries

hariri noun (fiber)

Swedish

3 entries

siden noun (fabric)
silke noun (fiber)
silke noun (fabric)

Tagalog

2 entries

seda noun (fabric)
sutla noun (fabric)

Tajik

4 entries

абрешим noun (fiber)
абрешим noun (fabric)
шоҳӣ noun (fabric)
ҳарир noun (fiber)

Tamil

2 entries

பட்டு noun (fiber)
பட்டு noun (fabric)

Taos

1 entries

sédoną noun (fabric)

Telugu

2 entries

పట్టు noun (fiber)
పట్టు noun (fabric)

Thai

4 entries

ผ้าไหม noun (fabric)
แพร noun (fabric)
ไหม noun (fiber)
ไหม noun (fabric)

Tibetan

1 entries

དར noun (fiber)

Tongan

1 entries

silika noun (fabric)

Turkish

2 entries

ipek noun (fiber)
ipek noun (fabric)

Turkmen

2 entries

ýüpek noun (fiber)
ýüpek noun (fabric)

Udi

2 entries

абришӏум noun (fiber)
абришӏум noun (fabric)

Ukrainian

4 entries

шовк noun (fiber)
шовк noun (fabric)
єдва́б noun (fiber)
єдва́б noun (fabric)

Urdu

2 entries

ریشَم noun (fiber)
ریشَم noun (fabric)

Uyghur

2 entries

يىپەك noun (fiber)
يىپەك noun (fabric)

Uzbek

4 entries

harir noun (fiber)
harir noun (fabric)
ipak noun (fiber)
ipak noun (fabric)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chỉ tơ noun (fiber)
lụa noun (fabric)
tơ noun (fiber)
tơ lụa noun (fabric)

Vilamovian

1 entries

zajd noun (fiber)

Volapük

1 entries

sadin noun (fiber)

Walloon

1 entries

soye noun (fiber)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

sida noun (fiber)

Welsh

1 entries

sidan noun (fiber)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

絲綢 /丝绸 noun (fabric)

Yiddish

2 entries

זײַד noun (fiber)
זײַד noun (fabric)

Zhuang

2 entries

couz noun (fabric)
seicouz noun (fabric)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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We deal in silk goods.

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The dress is of silk.

Source: tatoeba (50153)

The gown is made of silk.

Source: tatoeba (50577)

This feels like silk.

Source: tatoeba (55920)

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Silk

Synonyms for "silk" (118 found)

Closest matches (24)

Strong matches (35)

Related words (59)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Related terms

at location

capable of

dbpedia language

derived

distinct from

etymologically related_to

has context

has property

is a

receives action

related to

used for

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Banjarese

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Central Melanau

Chechen

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Coptic

Cornish

Corsican

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dhivehi

Dutch

Eastern Min Chinese

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Hakka Chinese

Hausa

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese