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Synonyms for fish

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

donkey donk troll pigeon torpedo gudgeon

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Donkey — A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player)

donkey, donk

Other

gudgeon, pigeon, troll, fall guy informal, sucker, toy, torpedo, mark, mug, dupe, alevin rare

Verb

1. Rifle — to (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects

rifle, rummage

Other

fry, angle, trawl, bob

Antonyms

brick

All antonyms of fish →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

  2. v. 1

    To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

    Why are you fishing through my things?

Related words

Word family
fish-and-chipper fishburger fishculture fishen fisherman fishetarian fishfag fish-filled
Phrases
kettle of fish odd fish queer fish strange fish big fish fish farm angler fish fish eagle
Is a kind of
vertebrate animal organism creature
Other spellings
fih

Forms

Plural
fishes → donkeys, donks, gudgeons, pigeons…
Past participle
fished
e.g. fished → rifled, rummaged, angled, trawled…

Example sentences

  • donkey If you load your donkey like that, it won't budge.
  • troll I run a fake numbers station just to troll people.
  • pigeon When is the last time you made an origami pigeon?
  • torpedo A torpedo sunk the ship Tom's grandfather was on.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fishsteady
donkeyrising
donkrising
trollrising
pigeonsteady
torpedosteady

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

By length

3 letters
bob1, toy1, fry1, mug1
4 letters
mark1, dupe1, donk
5 letters
angle2, rifle2, troll1, trawl
6 letters
donkey2, pigeon2, sucker2, alevin
7 letters
torpedo3, rummage2, gudgeon2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
poisson
Italiano
pesce