Synonyms for spine
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Prickle — A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The…
prickle, thorn, needle, sticker, quill, spike, spicule, pricker, virgula dated
3. Spinal column — A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail…
Definitions
- n. 1
A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen. Courage or assertiveness.
- n. 2
A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
- n. 3
A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
- n. 4
Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- spines → prickles, thorns, needles, stickers…
Example sentences
- prickle Just the thought of it makes my skin prickle.
By length
- 4 letters
- back1, spur1
- 5 letters
- spike1, thorn1, quill1, chime1
- 6 letters
- needle2, rachis
- 7 letters
- sticker2, prickle, spicule, pricker, virgula, acantha3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (needle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- colonne vertébrale
- Italiano
- colonna vertebrale
- Español
- columna vertebral
- Català
- columna vertebral