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Synonyms for flipper

  • noun

Most common

fin swim fin spatula

All synonyms

Noun

1. Fin

fin, swim fin

Other

spatula, flapper

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    In marine mammals such as whales (or other secondarily aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.

Related words

Phrases
flipper baby

Forms

Plural
flippers → fins, spatulas, flappers…

Example sentences

  • fin Gabor could see the shark's fin coming towards him.
  • spatula My kitchen help has the intelligence of a spatula.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
flippersteady
finfalling
spatularising

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

By length

3 letters
fin1
7 letters
spatula3, flapper2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (spatula3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
palme
Italiano
palma
Español
palmera
Deutsch
Palme
Català
palma