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Synonyms for dodder

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

pull-down gold-thread angel hair love vine witch's hair hailweed hairweed strangleweed

All synonyms

Noun

pull-down, gold-thread, angel hair, love vine, witch's hair, hailweed, hairweed, strangleweed

Verb

1. Shake — to shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter

shake, tremble, paddle, totter, waddle, toddle, coggle

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of about 100–170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

  2. v. 1

    To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.

Related words

Phrases
linseed dodder

Forms

Plural
dodders → pull-downs, gold-threads…
Past participle
doddered
e.g. doddered → shaken, trembled, paddled, tottered…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dodderfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
shake1
6 letters
paddle2, waddle2, totter2, toddle2, coggle
7 letters
tremble2
8 letters
hailweed, hairweed
12 letters
strangleweed

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (paddle2 = 2 syllables).