Sprig

//spɹɪɡ//

Synonyms for "sprig" (76 found)

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Closest matches (16)

adolescent appendage arm baby bine bough branch branchedness branchiness branchlet burgeon deadwood flagellum fledgling

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (22)

fork frond hand hopeful imp infant joint junior juvenal juvenile leg limb link lobe lobule magpie member minor offshoot organ

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pinion

Noun(1 words)

philip

Related words (38)

pubescent ramage ramification runner sapling sarment scion seedling set shoot slip spear spray sprigtail sprit sprout spur stolon stripling sucker

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switch tail teenager teener teenybopper tendril thallus twig wing young hopeful young person younger youngest youngling youngster youth

Noun(2 words)

sprigtail twig

Related word relations

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

7 relation types

More general

4 entries

branch decoration ornament ornamentation

Synonyms

1 entries

branchlet

derived

1 entries

sprigger

etymologically related_to

1 entries

sprag

has context

2 entries

derogatory humorous

is a

1 entries

decoration

related to

21 entries

applique barbed brad decorate embroidery eyebolt ground head house sparrow lace lad nail ornament point pottery ragged

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Translations

52 translations across 18 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

عَسْلُوج noun (small shoot or twig)

Armenian

1 entries

շիվ noun (small shoot or twig)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вейка noun (small shoot or twig)
клонче noun (small shoot or twig)
младеж noun (youth)
щифт noun (brad)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

تەڵ noun (small shoot or twig)

Czech

3 entries

hřebíček bez hlavy noun (brad)
snítka noun (small shoot or twig)
větvička noun (small shoot or twig)

Finnish

4 entries

dyckert-naula noun (brad)
havu noun (small shoot or twig)
kersa noun (youth)
lehvä noun (small shoot or twig)

French

2 entries

brin noun (small shoot or twig)
rameau noun (small shoot or twig)

German

4 entries

Büschchen noun (small shoot or twig)
Büschel noun (small shoot or twig)
Zweiglein noun (small shoot or twig)
junger Hüpfer noun (youth)

Hungarian

1 entries

ágacska noun (small shoot or twig)

Italian

1 entries

rametto noun (small shoot or twig)

Māori

1 entries

tākupu noun (small shoot or twig)

Norwegian

4 entries

bukett noun (small shoot or twig)
dusk (of parsely) noun (small shoot or twig)
dykker noun (brad)
dykkert noun (brad)

Occitan

1 entries

ramelet noun (small shoot or twig)

Polish

2 entries

gałązka noun (small shoot or twig)
latorośl noun (youth)

Russian

3 entries

ве́точка noun (small shoot or twig)
о́тпрыск noun (youth)
побе́г noun (small shoot or twig)

Spanish

2 entries

muchacho noun (youth)
ramita noun (small shoot or twig)

Swedish

2 entries

bladornament noun (ornament)
kvist noun (small shoot or twig)

Telugu

1 entries

రెమ్మ noun (small shoot or twig)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Put a sprig of mint on top as a garnish.

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I took a sprig of holly, and tucked it into my hat band.

Source: tatoeba (10328020)

I took a sprig of holly, and tucked it into my hatband.

Source: tatoeba (10337034)

I bought a sprig of lily of the valley.

Source: tatoeba (11728020)

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