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Synonyms of comma

5 similar words

Another word for comma is come. Other synonyms of comma are scratch comma, virgule, virgula and comma-point.

Synonyms and similar words for comma

nounThe punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a...

  • scratch commaSynonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩ in its former use as a form of comma.
  • virguleA medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
  • virgula
  • come
  • comma-point obsoleteSynonym of comma ⟨,⟩.

Meaning of comma

  1. noun The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
  2. noun A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
  3. noun Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

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Questions about synonyms of comma

What is another word for comma?
Comma has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as come, scratch comma, virgule, virgula and comma-point.
What does comma mean?
Comma means the punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comma (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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