Synonyms for ivory

Most common

bone · pearl · tusk

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

Related words

Word family

ivory-pounder ivory-thumper

Phrases

pink ivory vegetable ivory ivory tickler ivory tree purple ivory red ivory ivory black ivory nut

Forms

Plural

ivories → off-whites, pearls, bones, whites…

Example sentences

• bone How can you get a chicken bone out of your throat?
• pearl I gave my sister a pearl necklace on her birthday.
• tusk One of the blind men touched the elephant's tusk.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

bone¹, tusk¹

5 letters

white¹, pearl¹