Synonyms for clapboard
Most common
weatherboard weatherboarding sticks marker slate clapper board clapstick
All synonyms
Noun
1. Weatherboard
Definitions
- n. 1
A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
Forms
- Plural
- clapboards → weatherboards, weatherboardings, slates, boards…
Example sentences
- sticks When times get hard, let's see who sticks around.
- marker Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her red marker.
- slate Our house is the only in the area with a slate roof.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| clapboard | rising | |
| weatherboard | rising | |
| weatherboarding | falling | |
| sticks | rising | |
| marker | rising | |
| slate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- board1, slate1
- 6 letters
- sticks1, marker2
- 9 letters
- clapstick
- 12 letters
- weatherboard
- 15 letters
- weatherboarding
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (marker2 = 2 syllables).