Synonyms for parrot
Most common
popinjay psittacine channel coal cuckoo transponder parroter
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Popinjay — A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order…
popinjay, psittacine
3. Sea-parrot — A puffin
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
- n. 2
A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
- n. 3
A puffin.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- parrots → mimics, copy-cats, popinjays, psittacines…
Example sentences
- cuckoo A cuckoo bee killed and replaced this hive's queen.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| parrot | rising | |
| popinjay | rising | |
| psittacine | steady | |
| cuckoo | rising | |
| transponder | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- poll1
- 5 letters
- mimic2
- 6 letters
- cuckoo2
- 8 letters
- popinjay, tomnoddy, parroter
- 10 letters
- psittacine
- 11 letters
- transponder3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mimic2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- perroquet
- Italiano
- pappagallo
- Español
- loro
- Deutsch
- Papagei
- Català
- lloro