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Synonyms for dolphin

  • noun

Most common

sea goose dorado mahi-mahi

All synonyms

Noun

1. Sea pig — A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional…

sea goose, sea pig dated, mereswine formal dated

Other

mahi-mahi, dorado

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

Related words

Word family
dolphinese dolphinet dolphinlike dolphinspeak
Phrases
dolphin fly dolphin kick dolphin striker flog the dolphin green dolphin oceanic dolphin spinner dolphin spotted dolphin
Is a kind of
mereswine

Forms

Plural
dolphins → mereswines, mahi-mahis, dorados…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dolphinrising
doradorising

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

By length

6 letters
dorado3
9 letters
mereswine

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dorado3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
dauphin
Italiano
delfino
Español
delfín
Deutsch
Delfin