Whist

/wɪst/

Synonyms for "whist" (27 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(2 words)
card gamefour-handed card game

Strong matches (8)

Noun(3 words)
long whistparlor gamepiercing tone

Related words (13)

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
acoustic phenomenonaudible signalcard gamecardsgamesound

More specific

6 entries
four handed whistknockout whistpolice whistlerubber whiststeam whistletea kettle whistle

Collocations

9 entries
four handed whistgame of whisthigh pitched whistrubber whistshrill whistwhist clubwhist partywhist soundwhist tournament

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Playing whist by the cabin lamps when it is storming outside is pleasant; walking the quarterdeck in the moonlight is pleasant; smoking in the breezy foretop is pleasant when one is not afraid to go up there; but these are all feeble and commonplace compared with the joy of seeing people suffering the miseries of seasickness.

Source: tatoeba (8372196)

… for scarcely had they descended one hundred feet, when a low “whist” from the girl, warned them of present danger.

Source: wiktionary

o was the Titaness put downe and whist

Source: wiktionary

The fields whist, beasts, and fowls of divers bue

Source: wiktionary

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