Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "fishing" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

state park

Causes

anger becoming smelly catch fish catch fish for dinner catching fish death for fish death to fish eating fish fish caught fish dies fish to die get sunburn getting drunk getting food having fish for dinner hooking fish might catch fish sitting on dock smelly hands tell fish tale torturing fish wet clothes wetness

Defined As

act of catching fish

Derived Terms

Fishing Point Jonah fishing antifishing bottom fishing bottom-fishing compliment fishing cormorant fishing cyanide fishing drift fishing electrofishing fishing boat fishing cat fishing eagle fishing expedition fishing frog fishing ground fishing hook fishing line fishing net fishing owl fishing pole fishing rod fishing room fishing space fishing vessel fishing worm fishing-smack fishing-tube fishingly fly fishing fly-fishing gone fishing gorge fishing ice fishing line fishing magnet fishing mucus fishing syndrome nonfishing phishing rodfishing shellfishing skishing spearfishing sportfishing sportsfishing

Derived From

fish

Inflected/Variant Forms

fish

Prerequisites

bait bait and tackle fish in body of water fish in water fishing pole hook on line patience patience skill and tackle possible license water

Subevents

bait hook bait hooks cast cast line cast out reel casting line catch big one catch dinner catch fish catching fish chose fly could commune with nature drink drink beer fall in water fish takes bait fry fish get wet looking for information loose hook lose hook losing bate might catch shark pack fish in ice peer into water putting on hip boots putting worm on hook relax ride in boat sit quietly smoking stare at water staring in distance talk with companions think untangle lines wade into water

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

business business enterprise commercial enterprise field sport outdoor sport

Type Of (IsA)

activity in activity where fish attempt to do catching fish commercial enterprise enjoyable recreation form of hunting form of work license requiring activity one way to make money outdoor activity outdoor sport popular sport sport sporting event

Receives Action

done in streams done on boat

Related Terms

halieutically halieutics piscatology piscatorial piscatorially piscatorian piscatorical piscatorious piscatory

Related Terms

act action activity angling angling sport aquatic aquatic hobby bait boat business casting catch catching catching trout caught caught fish commercial fish fishery fly fly casting form go gone halieutically halieutics hobby hook hook bait hooks hooks poles hunting industry lake lakes lets lets go other piscatorious place pole pole bait poles recreation recreational recreational activity rivers rivers lakes sale seafood separately sport together trout water water sport worms worms hook

Synonym Network

fishery piscatology sportfishing

Used For

bonding with dad catching catfish catching fish catching fish for sport catching fish to eat catching food catching rainbow trout catching salmon catching sea bass catching tuna competition dad doing calm activities during holidays drowning worms earning living feeding family while camping finding food fishermen to catch tuna fun gaining food and sport getting food outdoorsmen passing time on lazy afternoon providing yourself or with fish reducing natural ressources relaxation relaxing retired men socializing spending time alone spending time outdoors sport

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