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Synonyms for fillet

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

head band bandage strip tenderloin taenia UK lemniscus listel

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Bandage

bandage, head band, band

Other

tenderloin, strip, roller, list, stopping, taenia UK, tenia US, listel, lemniscus

Verb

1. Bone — to slice, bone or make into fillets

bone, debone

Antonyms

round, chamfer

All antonyms of fillet →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.

  2. v. 1

    To slice, bone or make into fillets.

Related words

Phrases
chicken fillet eye fillet fillet knife
Other spellings
filet US

Forms

Plural
fillets → bandages, bands, tenderloins, strips…
Past participle
filleted
e.g. filleted → boned, deboned…

Example sentences

  • bandage He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.
  • strip Full body scanners perform a virtual strip search.
  • tenderloin Marty would only use pork tenderloin in his world-famous goulash.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
filletsteady
bandagerising
stripfalling
tenderloinrising
taeniafalling

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

By length

4 letters
list1, band1, bone1
5 letters
strip1, tenia
6 letters
roller2, taenia, debone, listel
7 letters
bandage2
8 letters
stopping2
9 letters
lemniscus
10 letters
tenderloin3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (roller2 = 2 syllables).