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Synonyms of fish

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Another word for fish is Go Fish. Other synonyms of fish are mark, donkey, donk, rummage and rifle.

Synonyms and similar words for fish

nounA card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the...

nounAn easy victim for swindling.

nounA bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

verbTo (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

verbTo repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the...

  • angleTo try to catch fish with a hook and line.
  • drop in a line

Meaning of fish

  1. noun A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
  2. noun Any vertebrate, including tetrapods.
  3. noun Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

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Questions about synonyms of fish

What is another word for fish?
Fish has 8 synonyms on Word.ws, such as Go Fish, mark, donkey, donk, rummage, rifle, angle and drop in a line.
What does fish mean?
Fish means a typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fish (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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