Synonyms for opossum

Most common

phalanger · didelphid

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.

Related words

Phrases

water opossum shrew opossum opossum shrimp colocolo opossum

Forms

Plural

opossums → possums, phalangers, didelphids…

Popularity over time

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

By length

6 letters

possum²

9 letters

phalanger, didelphid

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (possum² = 2 syllables).