Synonyms for whortleberry
Most common
hurt whortle bush bilberry whinberry huckleberry whort hurtleberry crackleberry
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hurt — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium, Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
hurt, whortle bush, hurtle formal dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium: Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or blue whortleberry);
- n. 2
Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium: Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry or red whortleberry);
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- whortleberries → hurts, hurtles, bilberries, whinberries…
Example sentences
- hurt I don't want to hurt Tom, but I will if I have to.
- bilberry There is a tearoom at the front. Come, we'll drink a cup of bilberry tea!
- huckleberry Yogi Bear drove the Jeep and Huckleberry Hound sat beside him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| whortleberry | falling | |
| hurt | rising | |
| bilberry | rising | |
| huckleberry | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hurt1
- 5 letters
- whort
- 6 letters
- hurtle2
- 8 letters
- bilberry
- 9 letters
- whinberry, blaeberry
- 11 letters
- huckleberry4, hurtleberry
- 12 letters
- crackleberry, clusterberry
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hurtle2 = 2 syllables).