Synonyms for whale
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises.
Near-synonym: baleen (obsolete sense)
Related words
- Word family
- whaleboat whalebone whaleman whaler whale-road whaleship whaling
- Phrases
- gray whale killer whale baleen whale pilot whale beluga whale black whale sperm whale whale's way
- Is a kind of
- mammal animal whale cetacean marine mammal
Forms
- Plural
- whales → giants, hulks, heavyweights, cetaceans…
Example sentences
- giant Is Algeria, the sleeping giant, finally awakening?
- hulk The cement hardened and restricted Hulk’s movements.
- heavyweight He will fight the heavyweight champion tomorrow.
- hippo The hippo is Africa's most deadly animal.
- baleen Whales, dolphins and porpoises are divided into two groups: toothed and baleen.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| whale | steady | |
| giant | rising | |
| hulk | rising | |
| heavyweight | rising | |
| hippo | rising | |
| baleen | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hulk1
- 5 letters
- giant2, hippo2, insto
- 6 letters
- baleen2
- 8 letters
- cetacean3
- 11 letters
- heavyweight3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (giant2 = 2 syllables).