String

//stɹɪŋ//

Synonyms for "string" (413 found)

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Strong matches (124)

Noun(6 words)

cord cosmic string drawing string drawstring kermi line

corps cortege cosmic string coterie course covey cremona crew crowd cycle d string deceive delay dernier ressort descent detachment detail division dominate domination

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Verb(2 words)

draw lace

Related words (206)

manipulate march past mastery might mob monotone motorcade movement mudder mule train necklace nexus nine nylon string obligation operate order out group out-group outfit

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pack pack train parade parameter parol parole party peer group pendulum periodicity phalanx phonation plate horse plater platoon plenum pole horse pomp pony posse postpone powder train prerequisite procession progression promenade protract provision provisions proviso pull the strings put in tune qualification queue race horse racer range rank reach recourse recurrence refuge regiment requisite reservation reserves resort resource rest reticulation review riser rope rotation round routine row rowing crew run run on rundle rung salon saving clause scale scroll second string second team sequel sequence of phonemes series set shift side sine qua non single file skimmington sling small print soundboard speaking specification spectrum speech act spin out spoke spun yarn squad stable stair stake horse staker starter stave steel string steeplechaser step step stool stepping stone stepping-stone stipulation stipulations stopgap strad stradivari stradivarius strand stream stretch string along string out string section string together string up stringed instrument strings strip stripe substitute succession suite suspend swath sway team tendon tenor violin term terms the spoken word third string thong tie tier tone down tone up tongue train tread tribe trick troop troupe tune tune up tuning peg twine twist ultimatum utterance utterance string varsity viola violin violinette violoncello violoncello piccolo violone violotta vocable voice whereas windrow wing wire word word of mouth wound string wreath yarn

Noun(14 words)

provisions race rope sequence series stable strand string section stringboard stringed instrument stringer stringpiece thread train

Verb(2 words)

string along string up

Related word relations

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

18 relation types

More general

35 entries

accumulation add advance aggregation alter arrange assemblage change collection cord elementary particle fasten fiber fibre fix fundamental particle

Showing 16 of 35 words.

More specific

42 entries

band bowstring bowtie braid cable cord cosmic string fibre fibril filament fillet guitar string hair headband heartstring heartstrings

Showing 16 of 42 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

unstring

Synonyms

11 entries

bowed stringed instrument braid chain condition cord cosmic string drawstring lace sequence string section thread

Related terms

4 entries

string along string out string up stringed

at location

9 entries

atom bird's nest guitar junk drawer kite peice of clothing quark spool surveyor's kit

capable of

3 entries

ball up tie around wind around

coordinate

1 entries

flark

derived

125 entries

C-string C-style string Dirac string G string G-string Pascal string aerosol string another string to one's bow apron string apron-string apron-string hold banjo string bit string casing string completion string connection string

Showing 16 of 125 words.

has context

10 entries

architecture billiards botany computing mining music physics pool shipbuilding slang

holonym

6 entries

beard cordage muscle net sinew tendon

is a

12 entries

collection cord cord like object fiber group of characters immutable non agentive artifact powered device rope sequence series textile cord

manner of

6 entries

add advance arrange change fasten remove

part of

2 entries

cello kite

receives action

6 entries

cut into many pieces made from leather made up of fibers tied in knots tied into knot wound up into ball

related to

55 entries

ball billiards cannabis character cord cue ball fake filamentous guitar guitar pluck gut has hence hoax kite kite rope

Showing 16 of 55 words.

similar

4 entries

draw guide pass run

used for

32 entries

bind objects together by tying cello fly kite flying kite guitar hanging lights on tree hanging lights outdoors having series of things holding together holding up pants keep going keep on line lights on tree making into ball playing with cats playing with kitten

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

421 translations across 92 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

varg noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

νῆμα noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
χορδή noun (string of a musical instrument)

Arabic

3 entries

سِلْسِلَة noun (programming: sequence of characters)
وَتَر noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
وَتَر noun (string of a musical instrument)

Armenian

1 entries

լար noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

sim noun (string of a musical instrument)
tel noun (string of a musical instrument)
düzmək verb (put on a string)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡыл noun (string of a musical instrument)

Basque

1 entries

katea noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Belarusian

4 entries

вяро́вачка noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
лі́на noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
мату́з noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
радо́к noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Bengali

3 entries

তার noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
তার noun (string of a musical instrument)
দড়ি noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Bulgarian

4 entries

връв noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
ни́шка noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
низ noun (series of items or events)
низ noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Burmese

1 entries

ကြိုး noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Catalan

4 entries

cadena noun (programming: sequence of characters)
corda noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
cordell noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
cordill noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

بەند noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
دەزو noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
پەت noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

線 /线 noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
繩 /绳 noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

字串 noun (programming: sequence of characters)
字符串 noun (programming: sequence of characters)
弓弦 noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)
弦 noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)

Church Slavic

1 entries

строуна noun (string of a musical instrument)

Cornish

1 entries

korden noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Czech

4 entries

provázek noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
struna noun (string of a musical instrument)
řetězec noun (programming: sequence of characters)
šňůra noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Danish

4 entries

serie noun (series of items or events)
streng noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
streng noun (this structure as a substance)
streng noun (cohesive substance in the form of a string)

Dutch

4 entries

draad noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
karakterreeks noun (programming: sequence of characters)
koord noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
snaar noun (string of a musical instrument)

Esperanto

4 entries

kordo noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
kordo noun (string of a musical instrument)
signoĉeno noun (programming: sequence of characters)
vico noun (series of items or events)

Estonian

4 entries

keel noun (string of a musical instrument)
keelpillid noun (stringed instruments section)
nöör noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
rida noun (series of items or events)

Faroese

1 entries

strongur noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Finnish

4 entries

ehdot noun (conditions)
jouset noun (stringed instruments section)
jänne noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)
ketju noun (series of items or events)

French

4 entries

cannabis noun (slang: cannabis or marijuana)
chaîne de caractères noun (programming: sequence of characters)
corde noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
corde noun (this structure as a substance)

Galician

4 entries

bramante noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
corda noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
corda noun (string of a musical instrument)
cordel noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Georgian

2 entries

ბაწარი noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
სიმი noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

German

4 entries

Saite noun (string of a musical instrument)
Schnur noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
String noun (programming: sequence of characters)
String noun (physics: subject of study in string theory)

Greek

4 entries

έγχορδα noun (stringed instruments section)
κλωστή noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
σειρά noun (series of items or events)
σπάγγος noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Gujarati

1 entries

શબ્દમાળા noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Hawaiian

2 entries

hilo noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
kāili noun (series of items or events)

Hebrew

3 entries

מֵיתָר noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
מֵיתָר noun (string of a musical instrument)
מחרוזת noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Higaonon

1 entries

lubid noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Hindi

4 entries

डोर noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)
डोरी noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)
तंत noun (string of a musical instrument)
तंतु noun (string of a musical instrument)

Hungarian

4 entries

cipőfűző noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)
előfeltétel noun (conditions)
feltétel noun (conditions)
füzér noun (series of items or events)

Icelandic

4 entries

band noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
snæri noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
snæri noun (this structure as a substance)
spotti noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Ido

1 entries

kordeto noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Ingrian

4 entries

keeli noun (string of a musical instrument)
köys noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
nodraan noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
noora noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Irish

3 entries

sreang noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
sreangán noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
sreangán noun (this structure as a substance)

Italian

4 entries

canapo noun (this structure as a substance)
catena noun (series of items or events)
clausola restrittiva noun (conditions)
condizioni accessorie noun (conditions)

Japanese

4 entries

ストリング noun (programming: sequence of characters)
列 noun (programming: sequence of characters)
弓弦 noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)
弦 noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

bulina noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Kazakh

3 entries

желі noun (physics: subject of study in string theory)
жолдық тұрпат noun (programming: sequence of characters)
қыл noun (string of a musical instrument)

Khmer

1 entries

ខ្សែ noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Korean

4 entries

끈 noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
렬 noun (programming: sequence of characters)
문자열 noun (programming: sequence of characters)
열 noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кыл noun (string of a musical instrument)

Lao

2 entries

ດ້າຍ noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
ເຊືອກ noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Latin

3 entries

fīlum noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
līnea noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
līnum noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Latvian

3 entries

aukla noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
stīga noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
stīga noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)

Lithuanian

2 entries

styga noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
styga noun (string of a musical instrument)

Macedonian

3 entries

врвка noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
низа noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
струна noun (string of a musical instrument)

Malay

1 entries

tali noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Malayalam

2 entries

ചരട് noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
ഞാൺ noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Mongolian

2 entries

утас noun (string of a musical instrument)
чавхдас noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Māori

4 entries

aho noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
kaui noun (cohesive substance in the form of a string)
kaui noun (series of items or events)
miro noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Norwegian

1 entries

streng noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

streng noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

streng noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

струна noun (string of a musical instrument)

Old English

1 entries

strenġ noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

سجیم noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
شراع noun (string of a musical instrument)
دیزمك verb (put on a string)

Pali

1 entries

yotta noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Persian

4 entries

تار noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
رشته noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
رشته noun (programming: sequence of characters)
زه noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Rieej noun (series of items or events)

Polish

4 entries

ciąg znaków noun (programming: sequence of characters)
struna noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)
struna noun (string of a musical instrument)
struna noun (physics: subject of study in string theory)

Portuguese

4 entries

barbante noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
cadeia de caracteres noun (programming: sequence of characters)
corda noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
corda noun (string of a musical instrument)

Romanian

4 entries

coarde noun (stringed instruments section)
coardă noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
coardă noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)
coardă noun (string of a musical instrument)

Russian

4 entries

бечёвка noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
верени́ца noun (series of items or events)
верёвка noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
ни́тка noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)

Samoan

1 entries

filo noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

teud noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
teud noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

niska noun (programming: sequence of characters)
strȕna noun (string of a musical instrument)
žica noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
žȉca noun (string of a musical instrument)

Slovak

4 entries

následnosť noun (series of items or events)
povrázok noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
reťaz noun (series of items or events)
reťazec noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Slovene

2 entries

struna noun (string of a musical instrument)
vrv noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кыл noun (string of a musical instrument)

Spanish

4 entries

bramante noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
cadena noun (programming: sequence of characters)
cordel noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
cuerda noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Swahili

2 entries

tungo noun (programming: sequence of characters)
uzi noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Swedish

4 entries

följd noun (series of items or events)
rad noun (series of items or events)
serie noun (series of items or events)
snöre noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Tagalog

1 entries

bagting noun (any similar long, thin and flexible object)

Tahitian

1 entries

hiro noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Thai

4 entries

ด้าย noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
สตริง noun (programming: sequence of characters)
สาย noun (string of a musical instrument)
สายอักขระ noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྐུད་པ noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Tocharian B

1 entries

śerkw noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Tongan

1 entries

filo noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Turkish

4 entries

dizgi noun (programming: sequence of characters)
ip noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
ip noun (physics: subject of study in string theory)
tel noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Turkmen

2 entries

tar noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
ýüp noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Ukrainian

4 entries

верве́чка noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
вірьо́вка noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
моту́зка noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
рядо́к noun (programming: sequence of characters)

Uzbek

1 entries

tor noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chuỗi noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
chuỗi noun (programming: sequence of characters)
dây noun (string of a musical instrument)
huyền noun (string of a musical instrument)

Welsh

3 entries

llinyn noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
llinyn noun (programming: sequence of characters)
tant noun (string of a musical instrument)

Yiddish

1 entries

שטריקל noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Yup'ik

1 entries

pelacinak noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Zulu

1 entries

intambo noun (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Lend me something with which to cut the string.

Source: tatoeba (25250)

Pull the string and the water flushes.

Source: tatoeba (34637)

Tom attached the string to the kite.

Source: tatoeba (37064)

The parcel was tied with string.

Source: tatoeba (46501)

Showing 4 of 34 available sentences.

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String

Synonyms for "string" (413 found)

Closest matches (83)

Strong matches (124)

Related words (206)

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Antonyms

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at location

capable of

coordinate

derived

has context

holonym

is a

manner of

part of

receives action

related to

similar

used for

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Cornish

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Ingrian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kabuverdianu

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Malayalam

Mongolian

Māori