This thread tangles easily.
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Thread
//θɹɛd//
Synonyms for "thread" (180 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
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2 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
distinct from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
similar
5 entriesused for
2 entriesTranslations
402 translations across 139 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- draad noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Albanian
3 entries- fill noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- nus noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- pe noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μίτος noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- νῆμα noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Arabic
4 entries- خيط noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- خيط noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- خَيْط noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- مَوْضُوع noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
Armenian
1 entries- թել noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Aromanian
1 entries- hir noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Assamese
1 entries- সূতা noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Asturian
1 entries- filu noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- ip noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- sap noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- saplamaq verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Bashkir
1 entries- еп noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Belarusian
1 entries- ні́тка noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Bengali
1 entries- সূত্র noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Bhojpuri
3 entries- धागा noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- 𑂙𑂷𑂩𑂰 noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- 𑂞𑂰𑂏𑂰 noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Bikol Central
1 entries- tursido noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Bulgarian
4 entries- коне́ц noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- ни́шка noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- ни́шка noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- ни́шка noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
Burmese
3 entries- ချည် noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- အပ်ချည် noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- အမျှင် noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Cahuilla
1 entries- 'iilu noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Catalan
4 entries- fil noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- fil noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- fil conductor noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- fil roig noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
Central Dusun
1 entries- banang noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- داو noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- دەزوو noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Chamicuro
1 entries- kishemolo noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Chechen
1 entries- тай noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏌᏁᏅᏛᎥᏍᎦ verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 線 /线 noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 主題 /主题 noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- 分身 noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
- 線 /线 noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- 線 /线 noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
Chuvash
1 entries- ҫип noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Cornish
3 entries- linen noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- neujen noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- neusen noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Czech
4 entries- nit noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- vlákno noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- vlákno noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
- vlákno noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
Dalmatian
1 entries- fil noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Danish
1 entries- tråd noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Dutch
4 entries- draad noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- draad noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- garen noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- onderwerp noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- шӱртӧ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Erzya
1 entries- суре noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Esperanto
1 entries- fadeno noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Estonian
2 entries- lõng noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- niit noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Even
1 entries- томкача noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Evenki
1 entries- томко noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Faroese
1 entries- tráður noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Finnish
4 entries- johtoajatus noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- juoni noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- ketju noun (a sequence of connection)
- ketju noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
French
4 entries- enfilade noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- exétron noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
- fil noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- fil noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
Friulian
1 entries- fîl noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Galician
4 entries- fiaño noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- fío noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- liña noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- enfiar verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Georgian
1 entries- ძაფი noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
German
4 entries- Diskussionsfaden noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- Diskussionsstrang noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- Faden noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- Faden noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
Greek
4 entries- θέμα noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- κλωστή noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- νήμα noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- νήμα noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
Hawaiian
4 entries- awe noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- hilo noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- lopi noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- maʻawe noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Hebrew
4 entries- חוּט noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- חוּט noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
- שִׁרְשׁוּר noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- תהליכון noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
Hindi
4 entries- डोर noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- डोरी noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- तंत noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- तन्तु noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Hungarian
4 entries- cérna noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- fonál noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- fonál noun (a sequence of connection)
- motívum noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
Icelandic
4 entries- spjallþráður noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- þráður noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- þráður noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- þræða verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Ilocano
1 entries- sinulid noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Inari Sami
1 entries- árppu noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Indonesian
1 entries- benang noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Ingrian
2 entries- rihma noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- puottaa verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Ingush
1 entries- тай noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- رِشْتِه noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- نَخ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Irish
4 entries- snáithe noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- snáithe noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- snáithe noun (a sequence of connection)
- snáithe noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
Italian
4 entries- filo noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- filo noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- filo conduttore noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- forum noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
Japanese
4 entries- スレ noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- スレッド noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
- スレッド noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- ライトウェイトプロセス noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
Jarai
1 entries- mrai noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Kalmyk
1 entries- эрәсн noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Kapampangan
1 entries- sinulad noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Kazakh
1 entries- жіп noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Khmer
3 entries- ចេស noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- តង្ករ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- អំបោះ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Korean
1 entries- 실 noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Kunigami
1 entries- 糸 noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жип noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Lao
3 entries- ດ້າຍ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- ດ້າຽ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- ເຊືອກ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Latgalian
1 entries- dīgs noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Latin
1 entries- fīlum noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Latvian
1 entries- diegs noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Lingala
1 entries- busi noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Lithuanian
1 entries- siūlas noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Livonian
1 entries- lānga noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- niś noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Macedonian
2 entries- конец noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- нишка noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Magahi
1 entries- 𑂞𑂰𑂏𑂰 noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Maithili
2 entries- डोर noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- ताग noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Malay
4 entries- aliran noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- bebenang noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
- bebenang noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- benang noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Malayalam
1 entries- നൂല് noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Maltese
1 entries- ħajt noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡨᠣᠩᡤᠣ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Mongolian
1 entries- утас noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Māori
4 entries- miro noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- taura noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- tui noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- kauī verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- dav noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- dezî noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Northern Sami
1 entries- árpu noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tråd noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Nuosu
1 entries- ꑟ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Occitan
2 entries- fil noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- fil noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
Old English
1 entries- þrǣd noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ایپلك noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- دیزمك verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Pangasinan
2 entries- daramey noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- tinebey noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- нїтка noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Pashto
1 entries- نخ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Pela
1 entries- kʰjaŋ⁵⁵ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Drot noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Polish
4 entries- nitka noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- nić noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- temat noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- wątek noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
Portuguese
4 entries- barbante noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- fio noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- fio da meada noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- linha noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Quechua
1 entries- q'aytu noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Romanian
3 entries- ață noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- fir noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- tort noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Russian
4 entries- ве́тка noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- диску́ссия noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- мысль noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- ни́тка noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Samoan
1 entries- filo noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अंशु noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- तन्तु noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- stìom noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- drȅtva noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
- nȋt noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- nȋt noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- nȋt noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐུད་མི noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Sinhalese
1 entries- නූල් noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- ärpp noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Slovak
4 entries- nitka noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- niť noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- vlákno noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- vlákno noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
Slovene
2 entries- nit noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- nit noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
Southern Altai
1 entries- јип noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Spanish
4 entries- argumento noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- bouclé (buclé) noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- buclé noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- cadena noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
Sudovian
1 entries- shūta noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Swahili
1 entries- uzi noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Swedish
4 entries- tema noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- tråd noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- tråd noun (a theme or idea — see also common thread)
- tråd noun ((computing) a unit of execution)
Tagalog
1 entries- sinulid noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Tahitian
2 entries- tuaina noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- uaua noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Tajik
2 entries- нах noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- ришта noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Tatar
1 entries- җеп noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Telugu
1 entries- దారము noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Thai
4 entries- กระทู้ noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- ด้าย noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- เชือก noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- ใย noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྐུད་པ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ፈትሊ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ñare noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Tongan
1 entries- filo noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Turkish
3 entries- iplik noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- tire noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- iple almak verb (remove hair using a thread)
Turkmen
1 entries- ýüp noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Tày
1 entries- boóng verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Udmurt
1 entries- нюжа noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ни́тка noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- nić noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Urdu
3 entries- دھاگا noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- رِشْتَہ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- نَخ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Uyghur
1 entries- يىپ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Uzbek
1 entries- ip noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chỉ noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- thớt noun ((Internet) a series of messages)
- xâu verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
- xỏ verb (pass a thread through the eye of a needle)
Võro
1 entries- niit' noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Welsh
2 entries- edau noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
- edefyn noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Yakut
1 entries- сап noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאָדעם noun (long, thin and flexible form of material)
Sample sentences
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My grandma stooped down and picked up a needle and thread.
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You're a magician with a needle and thread.
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Your job hangs by a thread.
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