Maybe, but he wants me to stop cold turkey.
Source: tatoeba (40590)
Turkey
/ˈtɜːki/
Synonyms for "turkey" (100 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: bomb, dud, anatolian, bantam, banty.
- Sentence evidence is available for turkey, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "turkey".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "turkey"
Keep "turkey" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "turkey" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "turkey", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "turkey" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
13 entriesMore specific
9 entriesCollocations
12 entriesThanksgiving turkeydomestic turkeyturkey breastturkey cuisineturkey cultureturkey diplomacyturkey economyturkey farmturkey geographyturkey languageturkey meatwild turkey
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
342 translations across 205 languages.
Abenaki
1 entries- nahama noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Abkhaz
1 entries- агуагушь noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Adyghe
1 entries- тхьэкӏэт noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Afrikaans
1 entries- kalkoen noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Akan
1 entries- krakum noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Albanian
1 entries- gjeli i detit noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Amharic
1 entries- ጅግራ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Arabic
4 entries- بيبي noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- حبش noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- حبشة noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ديك رومي noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Armenian
1 entries- հնդկահավ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Asháninka
1 entries- pavo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Asi
1 entries- pabo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Assamese
1 entries- পেৰু চৰাই noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Asturian
1 entries- pavu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- hind quşu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- hinduşka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- həştərxan noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Bashkir
1 entries- күркә noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Basque
2 entries- indioilar noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- indioilo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- truki noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Belarusian
1 entries- дзі́кая інды́чка noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Breton
2 entries- kilhog-Indez noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- yar-Indez noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пуйка noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြက်ဆင် noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Caddo
1 entries- nuʔ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Cahuilla
1 entries- pulmiwet noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Catalan
4 entries- gall dindi noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- indiot noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- pioc noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- polla d'índia noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Catawba
1 entries- watka tro noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Cebuano
1 entries- pabo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بووقەلەموون noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- قەل noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Central Mazahua
1 entries- ⱥjnⱥ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Central Melanau
1 entries- siyau belada noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Central Nahuatl
1 entries- huexolotl noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chamicuro
1 entries- mikarawa noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chavacano
1 entries- pabo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chechen
1 entries- москал noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎬᎾ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ᎬᏂ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Cheyenne
1 entries- ma'xėhē'ne noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chichewa
1 entries- nkhukundembo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chickasaw
1 entries- chaloklowa' noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chinese
4 entries- бэпинҗир noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- бэшанҗир noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ёнҗи noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ёнҗир noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 火雞 /火鸡 noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 吐綬雞 /吐绶鸡 noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- 火雞 /火鸡 noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Choctaw
1 entries- fakit noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Chuvash
1 entries- кӑркка noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- huehxōlōtl noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Copala Triqui
1 entries- coloj noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Cornish
1 entries- yar Gyni noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Cree
1 entries- ᐅᓇᐊᐧᑯᐦᑌᐤ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Crimean Tatar
3 entries- köküş noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- körel noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- müsür noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Czech
2 entries- krocan noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- krůta noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Dalmatian
1 entries- dindiuota noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Danish
1 entries- kalkun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Dutch
1 entries- kalkoen noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Eastern Arrernte
1 entries- artewe noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Esperanto
4 entries- meleagrino noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- meleagriĉo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- meleagro noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- virmeleagro noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Estonian
1 entries- kalkun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Faroese
3 entries- kalkun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkunur noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkúnur noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Finnish
1 entries- kalkkuna noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Fon
1 entries- tlŏtlŏ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Fox
1 entries- penêwa noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
French
2 entries- dinde noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- dindon noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Friulian
2 entries- dindi noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- dindiat noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Galician
1 entries- pavo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Georgian
1 entries- ინდაური noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
German
4 entries- Indian noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Kurre noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Kurrhahn noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Pute noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Greek
2 entries- γαλοπούλα noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- διάνος noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Greenlandic
1 entries- qingalissuaq noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Guerrero Amuzgo
1 entries- chölö noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- kodenn noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 火雞 /火鸡 noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
2 entries- yaas (Havasupai) noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ʼyáˑs (Yavapai) noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pelehū noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Hebrew
2 entries- הֹדּוּ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- תַּרְנְגוֹל הֹדּוּ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Higaonon
1 entries- pabo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Hindi
1 entries- पीरू noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Hungarian
1 entries- pulyka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Icelandic
1 entries- kalkúnn noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ido
3 entries- dindino noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- dindo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- dindulo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Igbo
1 entries- toro toro noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ilocano
1 entries- pábo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Indonesian
2 entries- ayam belanda noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ingrian
2 entries- indjukka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkkuna noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Iraqi Arabic
2 entries- ديچ هندي noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- هندي noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Irish
2 entries- turcach noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- turcaí noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Italian
4 entries- gallinaccio noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- pollo d’India noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- tacchina noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- tacchino noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Japanese
4 entries- カラクン noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- カラクン鳥 noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ターキー noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- 七面鳥 noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Jumaytepeque
1 entries- hurʼu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- къырым тауукъ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Kazakh
3 entries- xораз noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- күркетауық noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- түйетауық noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Khmer
2 entries- ដាំងដុង noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- មាន់បារាំង noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Klamath-Modoc
1 entries- sqol'oos noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Korean
1 entries- 칠면조 noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Kumyk
1 entries- гюргюр noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- күрп noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ladin
1 entries- tachin noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ladino
2 entries- biba noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- indiana noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Lao
2 entries- ງວງ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ໄກ່ງວງ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Latin
1 entries- gallopāvō noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Latvian
1 entries- tītars noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Leonese
1 entries- pavu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ligurian
1 entries- bibìn noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Limburgish
1 entries- sjroet noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Linngithigh
1 entries- oyanhin noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kalakùtas noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalakùtė noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Lombard
1 entries- pollin noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Low German
4 entries- Kalkuun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Kalkuut noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Kuun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Kuunhahn noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Lower Sorbian
4 entries- puta noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- truta noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- turk noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- turkawa noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Schnuddelhong noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Macedonian
2 entries- мисир noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- мисирка noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Malagasy
1 entries- vorontsiloza noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Malay
2 entries- ayam belanda noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Malayalam
2 entries- കൽക്കം noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- വാങ്കോഴി noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Maltese
1 entries- dundjan noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Manx
2 entries- kellagh frangagh noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kiark rangagh noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Mapudungun
1 entries- pafu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Marshallese
1 entries- take noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- ap'tapegiejit noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Miami
1 entries- pileewa noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Mohawk
1 entries- skaweró꞉wane noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Mohegan-Pequot
2 entries- dorkes noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- náham noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Mongolian
2 entries- цацагт хяргуул noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ᠴᠠᠴᠤᠭᠲᠤ ᠬᠢᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Montagnais
1 entries- mishineu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Munsee
1 entries- pŭléew noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Māori
2 entries- korukoru noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- pīpipi noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Nahuatl
2 entries- huehxolotl noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- tōtolin noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Nanticoke
1 entries- pah!quun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Natchez
1 entries- sokorser noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Navajo
1 entries- tązhii noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Neapolitan
4 entries- dinio noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- galledinio noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- guicce noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- pinto noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Norman
2 entries- dindaon noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- picot noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
North Mesopotamian Arabic
1 entries- عَلوْعَلوْ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- elok noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Northern Sami
1 entries- kálkon noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- kalkun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkunhane noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkunhøne noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- kalkun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkunhane noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalkunhøne noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Occitan
2 entries- piòt noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- piòta noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Odia
1 entries- ପେରୁ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ojibwe
1 entries- mizise noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Osage
1 entries- súkka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ossetian
1 entries- гогыз noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Papiamentu
1 entries- kalakuna noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Pashto
1 entries- فيلمرغ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Pennsylvania German
2 entries- Welschhaahne noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- Welschhinkel noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Persian
2 entries- بوقلمون noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- فیلمرغ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Polish
4 entries- gula noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- indor noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- indyczka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- indyk noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Portuguese
1 entries- peru noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Powhatan
1 entries- monessew noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Quechua
1 entries- qallqatu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- koro koro noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Romagnol
1 entries- galinàz noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Romani
2 entries- tudka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- tudkano noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Romanian
2 entries- curcan noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- curcă noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Romansch
1 entries- galdin noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Russian
4 entries- инде́йка noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- индю́к noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- индю́шка noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ту́рка noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec
1 entries- káló noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Sardinian
4 entries- caboni de Ìndias noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- dindu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- piocu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- pudda de Ìndia noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Scots
1 entries- bubbly-jock noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cearc-Fhrangach noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- coileach-Frangach noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- eun-Frangach noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- puran noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- tȕka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ćùrān noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ćúrka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Shawnee
1 entries- pelewa noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Shipibo-Conibo
1 entries- córocoro noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Sicilian
4 entries- ciurru noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- gallotta noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- nuzza noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- pipiu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Sinhalese
1 entries- කළුකුමා noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Slovak
2 entries- moriak noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- morka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Slovene
2 entries- pura noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- puran noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Sotho
2 entries- dikalakune noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- kalakune noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Spanish
4 entries- chompipe noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- chumpe noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- cócono noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- gallina de la sierra noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- krakun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Swahili
1 entries- bata mzinga noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Swedish
1 entries- kalkon noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tagalog
1 entries- pabo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tajik
2 entries- мурғи марҷон noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- филмурғ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tamil
1 entries- வான்கோழி noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tarantino
1 entries- tacchine noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tatar
1 entries- күркә noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Telugu
2 entries- టర్కీ కోడి noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- సీమకోడి noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Thai
2 entries- งวง noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ไก่งวง noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ታኪን noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tiwi
1 entries- kawukawuni noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- teki noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tsonga
1 entries- galakulu noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Tunisian Arabic
1 entries- دَانْدْ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Turkish
2 entries- culuk noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- hindi noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Turkmen
1 entries- indýuk noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ukrainian
2 entries- інди́к noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- інди́чка noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Unami
1 entries- chikënëm noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- truta noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- trutak noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Urdu
2 entries- فِیل مُرْغ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- پِیرُو noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Urum
1 entries- мисир noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Ute
1 entries- kwiyu-tʉ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Uyghur
2 entries- كۈركە noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- كۈركە توخۇ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Uzbek
1 entries- kurka noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Venetan
1 entries- piton noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gà tây noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Volapük
1 entries- dindun noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Walloon
1 entries- dîne noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Wastek
1 entries- palats noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Welsh
2 entries- twrci noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- twrcïod noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
West-Frisian
1 entries- kalkoen noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Western Mari
1 entries- немӹццӹвӹ noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Wolof
1 entries- koppin bi noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Xhosa
1 entries- ikarukwini noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Yiddish
1 entries- אינדיק noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Yoruba
1 entries- tolotolo noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Yucatec Maya
2 entries- tso' noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- úulum noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Zazaki
1 entries- qulquli noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Zulu
2 entries- ikalikhuni noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
- ikalikuni noun (bird in the genus Meleagris)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Well, let's talk turkey.
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This turkey will serve five.
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This turkey tastes good.
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "turkey"?
Closest matches include bomb, dud, anatolian, bantam, banty.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "turkey"?
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