Whale

/weɪl/

Synonyms for "whale" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

alevin anglebait the hookbaste bastinado beat belabor belt benthon benthos birch bob buffet cane cetacean clam club cowhide cudgel cut

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dap dib dibble

Noun(5 words)

balaena bash beat cetacean clobber

Strong matches (42)

dinosaur dolphindress downdrive drub elephant fingerling fish flagellate flail flax flog fly-fish fry fustigategame fishgiggive a dressing-downgive a whippinggive the stick

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go fishinggrig grilse guddle hide hippo hippopotamus horsewhip hulk jack jacklight jig jumbo kipper knout lace larrup lash

Noun(4 words)

drub giant heavyweight hulk

Related words (70)

latherlay onleather leviathan lickloch ness monstermammothman eaterman-eaterman-eating sharkmarine animalmastodon minnow minny monster nekton net paddle panfishpistol whip

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pistol-whip plankton pommel porpoise pummel rawhide salmon scourgesea monstersea pigsea serpentsea snakeseine shark shrimp smite smolt spank spin sponge still-fish strap stripe swinge switch tan thrash thump thumper torch trawl trim trolltropical fishtrounce truncheon wallopwear outwelt whip whop whopper

Noun(8 words)

leviathans narwhal pummel rompsea mammalsteamroll thrash trounce

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

attack beat blower cetaceancetacean mammaldefeat hit hunthunt downlarge personmammal run striketrack downvertebrate

More specific

13 entries

bashbeat upblue whaleclobber drubfin whalehumpback whalepummel rompsperm whalesteamroll thrash trounce

Collocations

12 entries

beat soundlyblue whalebrutal assaultdecisive victoryheavy blowheavy hithumpback whalesperm whalestrong strikewhale calfwhale songwhale watching

Inflections

3 entries

whaled whales whaling

Derivations

5 entries

whale oilwhaleboat whalelike whaler whaling

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

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We are having a whale of a time.

Source: tatoeba (20282)

Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

Source: tatoeba (22146)

The sperm whale can dive to a depth of 1,000 meters.

Source: tatoeba (32542)

The whale has been found off the coast of Wakayama.

Source: tatoeba (48444)

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