Word Type

Noun

The word "albatross" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

land on ocean's surface

Coordinate Terms

birdie bogey buzzard condor eagle ostrich par

Derived Terms

Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross Laysan albatross albatross around one's neck black-browed albatross great albatross royal albatross snowy albatross sooty albatross wandering albatross

Etymologically Related To

albatross around one’s neck

Context

golf

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

balk baulk check deterrent handicap hinderance hindrance impediment oceanic bird pelagic bird

Type Of (IsA)

animal bird eukaryotic organism hindrance pelagic bird score seabird ship

Related Terms

all bat bat big big bird biggest biggest bird bird burden curse diomedeidae double eagle huge huge bird impediment large large bird long north pacific ocean par sea sea bird seabird southern ocean wings

Synonym Network

albatross around one's neck double eagle encumbrance gooney gooney bird goonie

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.