Synonyms for feather
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
Forms
- Plural
- feathers → quills, pinions, splines, pins…
Example sentences
- quill My quill ran out of ink this morning.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| feather | rising | |
| quill | rising | |
| spline | rising | |
| fletch | steady | |
| horsefeathers | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pin1
- 4 letters
- kind1
- 5 letters
- plume1, quill1, pluma
- 6 letters
- nature2, pinion2, spline, fletch
- 7 letters
- species2
- 13 letters
- horsefeathers
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nature2 = 2 syllables).