Tumbleweed

/ˈtʌmbəlwiːd/

Synonyms for "tumbleweed" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
amaranthus albusamaranthus graecizanscycloloma atriplicifolium

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
dead issuedetached plant massdudnonissuenonstarter

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)
russian cactusrussian thistlerussian tumbleweedsalsola kali tenuifoliaseed masswindblown masswinged pigweed

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

8 entries
amaranthbotanical detritusbushfigurative sensemetaphorplant materialshrubweed

More specific

4 entries
Kali tragusRussian thistlemedia tumbleweedpolitical tumbleweed

Collocations

6 entries
Kali tragusRussian thistledesert plantrolling detritusseed dispersalwindblown mass

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

About my conlang Vling, maybe I just like the word 'bog'. My other favourite English words are 'whirligig', 'tumbleweed', 'serendipity', 'gargoyle', 'jelly', 'storm', 'ambiance', 'steampunk', 'logogram', 'gazebo', and 'thistle'.

Source: tatoeba (8746157)

A tumbleweed rolled across the deserted road.

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Putting an ad in the local paper that Spock's Beard and Arena are in town will get you a tumbleweed response and some wasted revenue.

Source: wiktionary

“Why do families argue?” may only induce the tumbleweed response. (Could you answer that question out of the blue?)

Source: wiktionary

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