Definition for Colon:

• k[= o]' lon, n. the mark (:) used to indicate a distinct member or clause of a sentence. [ Gr. k[= o]lon, a limb, member.]

Synonyms for Colon:

• n.

  •
  • appendix,
  • bladder,
  • alimentary canal,
  • bile,
  • belly,
  • abdominal,
  • bile duct.
  •aspinwall (noun)
  • aspinwall.
  •body (noun)
  • colon.
  •bowels (noun)
  • bowels.
  •colon (noun)
  • El Salvadoran Colon,
  • Costa Rican Colon.

• Other synonyms:

  •punctuation
  • hyphen,
  • bracket,
  • ampersand,
  • point,
  • space,
  • decimal point,
  • comma,
  • bad break,
  • curly brackets,
  • slash,
  • dot,
  • semicolon,
  • quote,
  • punctuate,
  • exclamation point,
  • brace,
  • inverted comma,
  • question mark,
  • parenthesis,
  • quotation marks,
  • bullet,
  • scare quotes,
  • ditto,
  • speech marks,
  • full stop,
  • dash,
  • square bracket,
  • bullet point,
  • hyphenate,
  • apostrophe.

Paraphrases for Colon:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    bowel.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    bowel.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    colonic.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    items, surfboard, settler, colonel.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intestine.

Homophones for Colon:

• Colen, Colan.

Hypernym for Colon:

• n.

  • body
    megacolon, sigmoid colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid flexure, ascending colon.

Hyponym for Colon:

• n.

  • body
    large intestine.
  • communication
    punctuation mark, punctuation.
  • quantity
    El Salvadoran Monetary unit, Costa Rican Monetary unit.

Meronym for Colon:

• n.

  • body
    Vena Sigmoideus, sigmoid vein.
  • quantity
    centimo, centavo.