Synonyms for cod
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Gull
gull, take in, put one over, put one across, slang, fool, befool dated
Noun
1. Codfish — any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish. A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold…
Definitions
- v. 1
To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
- v. 2
To joke; to kid.
- n. 1
Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish. A sea fish of the family Gadidae which are sold as "cod", as haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), and whiting (usually Merlangius merlangus). A sea fish of the genus Gadus, inclusive of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus), and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac). An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
- n. 2
A stupid or foolish person.
He's making a right cod of himself.
Related words
- Word family
- codfish codfisher codfisherman codology
- Phrases
- blue cod salt cod black cod cultus cod poor cod saffron cod trout cod
- Is a kind of
- whitefish demersal fish vertebrate animal
Example sentences
- bait What kind of bait did you use to catch these fish?
- tease Tom used to tease me a lot, but he doesn't anymore.
- rag My mother uses my father's old short as a dust rag.
- razz Every time the woman teacher passed the school yard, someone gave her the razz.
- gull A beautiful gull flies over the sea.
By length
- 3 letters
- pod1, rag1
- 4 letters
- ride1, fool1, bait1, gull1, dupe1, twit, razz
- 5 letters
- rally2, tease1, slang1, taunt1
- 6 letters
- befool
- 7 letters
- scrotum, codfish, milwell
- 9 letters
- tantalize3, tantalise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rally2 = 2 syllables).