What is another word for shark?
543 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈɑːk], [ ʃˈɑːk], [ ʃ_ˈɑː_k]
Here are some synonyms for the word "shark":
- Predator
- Man-eater
- Sea monster
- Killer fish
- Great white
- Mako
- Hammerhead
- Tiger shark
- Sand shark
- Bull shark
These synonyms capture different types, sizes and species of sharks and evoke different imagery and emotions. Some, like "man-eater" and "killer fish" connote danger and fear, while others like "great white" and "tiger shark" are more descriptive of specific types of sharks. Overall, these synonyms show the diverse and powerful nature of sharks and highlight their importance and often controversial role in our oceans.
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Similar words for shark:
- shrewd (adjective)
- animal (noun)
- cheat (noun)
- cheater (noun)
- con man (noun)
- crook (noun)
- expert (noun)
- fish (noun)
- fraud (noun)
- harpy (noun)
- master (noun)
- professional (noun)
- quack (noun)
- racketeer (noun)
- swindler (noun)
- wizard (noun)
- lend (verb)
Synonyms for Shark:
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adj.
• shrewd- Argute ,
- brainy ,
- cagey ,
- canny ,
- cutting ,
- deep ,
- discerning ,
- discriminating ,
- farsighted ,
- foxy ,
- heady ,
- ingenious ,
- inside ,
- judicious ,
- keen ,
- knowing ,
- penetrating ,
- perceptive ,
- perspicacious ,
- probing ,
- profound ,
- prudent ,
- quick-witted ,
- sagacious ,
- savvy ,
- sensible ,
- slick ,
- slippery ,
- smart ,
- smooth ,
- underhand ,
- wise .
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n.
• animal • cheat • cheater • con man • crook • expert- adepts ,
- artiste ,
- artistes ,
- buff ,
- doyen ,
- doyens ,
- experts ,
- hot shot ,
- old hand ,
- old pro ,
- phenomenon ,
- proficients ,
- pros .
- Mudfish ,
- Sting ray ,
- albacore ,
- anchovy ,
- barracuda ,
- bass ,
- blackfish ,
- bluegill ,
- bowfin ,
- carp ,
- catfish ,
- char ,
- crappie ,
- dogfish ,
- eel ,
- flatfish ,
- flounder ,
- fluke ,
- gar ,
- goby ,
- goldfish ,
- grouper ,
- guppy ,
- haddock ,
- hake ,
- halibut ,
- hammerhead ,
- herring ,
- kipper ,
- lamprey ,
- mackerel ,
- marlin ,
- minnow ,
- perch ,
- pickerel ,
- pike ,
- puffer ,
- rainbow trout ,
- ray ,
- sailfish ,
- salmon ,
- sardine ,
- sea horse ,
- smelt ,
- sole ,
- speckled trout ,
- sturgeon ,
- sunfish ,
- swordfish ,
- tarpon ,
- trout ,
- tuna ,
- turbot ,
- walleye ,
- whitefish .
- champion ,
- conqueror ,
- doctor ,
- doyenne ,
- genius ,
- past master ,
- prima donna ,
- pundit ,
- real pro ,
- sage ,
- scientist ,
- victor ,
- whiz-bang ,
- whizbang ,
- winner .
- brain ,
- egghead ,
- specialist ,
- star ,
- whiz kid .
- actor ,
- bum ,
- bunco artist ,
- counterfeiter ,
- pseudo ,
- put-on ,
- whip .
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v.
• lend Other synonyms:
- harpy .
Other relevant words:
- lend .
- Alevin ,
- Bushranger ,
- CHOR ,
- CONMAN ,
- Cognoscente ,
- Cozener ,
- Crackajack ,
- Dabster ,
- Darb ,
- Defrauder ,
- Depredator ,
- Fingerling ,
- Grilse ,
- Inveigler ,
- Kidnaper ,
- Minny ,
- Mosstrooper ,
- Picaroon ,
- Pickeerer ,
- Piqueerer ,
- Rapparee ,
- Sea pig ,
- Sharks ,
- Smolt ,
- abductor ,
- ace ,
- acute ,
- adept ,
- animal ,
- anthropophagite ,
- artful ,
- artisan ,
- artist ,
- astute ,
- attache ,
- authority ,
- avoid ,
- bad ,
- badger ,
- bamboozle ,
- bandit ,
- barbarian ,
- bear ,
- beast ,
- beguile ,
- benthon ,
- benthos ,
- betray ,
- bilk ,
- bilker ,
- blackleg ,
- blackmailer ,
- bloater ,
- bloodsucker ,
- bluff ,
- bream ,
- brigand ,
- brill ,
- brown-nose ,
- brute ,
- buccaneer ,
- buzzard ,
- calculating ,
- cannibal ,
- cardsharp ,
- cardsharper ,
- carpetbagger ,
- cartilaginous fish ,
- cattle thief ,
- caution ,
- cetacean ,
- charlatan ,
- cheater ,
- chisel ,
- chiseler ,
- circumvent ,
- coelacanth ,
- collusive ,
- con artist ,
- con man ,
- confidence man ,
- connaisseur ,
- connoisseur ,
- consultant ,
- consume ,
- contrabandist ,
- cordon bleu ,
- corsair ,
- crack ,
- crack shot ,
- crackerjack ,
- craftsman ,
- crafty ,
- crimp ,
- crook ,
- cunning ,
- customs officer ,
- dab ,
- dacoit ,
- dead shot ,
- deceit ,
- deceitful ,
- deceive ,
- deceiver ,
- deception ,
- deceptive ,
- defraud ,
- delicate ,
- delude ,
- destroy ,
- destroyer ,
- detrimental ,
- devour ,
- diplomat ,
- diplomatist ,
- dishonest ,
- dishonesty ,
- dishonorable ,
- disingenuous ,
- dodge ,
- dodger ,
- dolphin ,
- drink in ,
- duplicity ,
- eat ,
- elder statesman ,
- evade ,
- evil ,
- expert ,
- extend ,
- extortionist ,
- fake ,
- faker ,
- fakir ,
- falcon ,
- false ,
- fiend ,
- filch ,
- filibuster ,
- finagler ,
- fixer ,
- flimflammer ,
- four-flusher ,
- fraud ,
- fraudster ,
- fraudulent ,
- freebooter ,
- fry ,
- furtive ,
- game fish ,
- geek ,
- get ,
- gluttonize ,
- graduate ,
- greek ,
- guileful ,
- guru ,
- hand ,
- handy man ,
- hawk ,
- hoaxer ,
- hold up ,
- holdup man ,
- horse trader ,
- hotshot ,
- humbug ,
- hustler ,
- hyena ,
- hypocrite ,
- impersonator ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- injurious ,
- insidious ,
- jackleg ,
- journeyman ,
- juggler ,
- kite ,
- knave ,
- leech ,
- lender ,
- liar ,
- loan shark ,
- maestro ,
- man-eater ,
- man-eating shark ,
- marauder ,
- marine animal ,
- marksman ,
- master ,
- maven ,
- meister ,
- mischievous ,
- mislead ,
- monkfish ,
- mountebank ,
- nekton ,
- nice ,
- nihilist ,
- no slouch ,
- operator ,
- outwit ,
- overreach ,
- panfish ,
- pawnbroker ,
- pettifogger ,
- piercing ,
- pillager ,
- pirate ,
- pitchman ,
- plankton ,
- poacher ,
- politician ,
- porpoise ,
- predator ,
- predatory fish ,
- pretend ,
- pretender ,
- privateer ,
- pro ,
- professional ,
- professor ,
- proficient ,
- profiteer ,
- quack ,
- racketeer ,
- ranger ,
- raptor ,
- rip off ,
- rogue ,
- roguish ,
- rook ,
- rover ,
- rustler ,
- sandbagger ,
- savage ,
- savant ,
- scammer ,
- scamster ,
- scheming ,
- scholar ,
- school ,
- scoundrel ,
- sea king ,
- sea serpent ,
- sea snake ,
- sell ,
- sharp ,
- sharper ,
- sharpie ,
- shifty ,
- shirk ,
- shiver ,
- shrewd ,
- shyster ,
- sinister ,
- skate ,
- skin ,
- skinner ,
- slacker ,
- slicker ,
- sly ,
- smuggler ,
- sneak thief ,
- spieler ,
- spoiler ,
- sponge ,
- statesman ,
- steal ,
- subtle ,
- swindler ,
- technician ,
- thieve ,
- thug ,
- tiger ,
- topnotcher ,
- tricker ,
- trickster ,
- tricky ,
- tropical fish ,
- usurer ,
- vampire ,
- vandal ,
- viking ,
- virtuoso ,
- vulture ,
- whale ,
- wheeler dealer ,
- whiz ,
- whizz ,
- wild man ,
- wily ,
- wizard ,
- wolf ,
- worried ,
- wrecker .
- Conniver ,
- Diddler ,
- Double dealer ,
- Filcher ,
- Fleecer ,
- Quacksalver ,
- SHARPS ,
- Specialists ,
- barricuda ,
- bluffers ,
- bunco ,
- clip artist ,
- confidence operator ,
- dodgers ,
- double-dealer ,
- elasmobranch ,
- extortionists ,
- filchers ,
- fish ,
- fourflusher ,
- gouger ,
- gougers ,
- grifter ,
- hoaxers ,
- hoser ,
- hosers ,
- hotshots ,
- masquerader ,
- masqueraders ,
- offender ,
- old war-horse ,
- phenom ,
- phonies ,
- play actor ,
- playactor ,
- powerhouse ,
- powerhouses ,
- scam artist ,
- scammers ,
- selachian ,
- shammer ,
- shammers ,
- sharpies ,
- simulator ,
- simulators ,
- slickers ,
- smoothie ,
- smoothies ,
- superstar ,
- superstars ,
- victimizer ,
- wiz ,
- wizards ,
- wrongdoer .
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How to use "Shark" in context?
A shark is a type of fish that is characterized by characteristics such as a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and a large dorsal fin. Sharks are found in EVERY ocean. Sharks have dozens of different teeth that they use to catch their prey. They are considered to be one of the top predators in the ocean. Sharks are an important part of the marine ecosystem because they help to control populations of fish and other aquatic creatures.
Paraphrases for Shark:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
fish.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Comes.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
mako.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Shark:
- scorch, sikorsky, scours, screechy, scheuchzeriaceae, skew arch, saccharase, scrooge, sourish, scraggy, search, serious, screw key, shakers, sage grouse, sorgho, source, shrug, sargasso, surcease, seagrass, shiraz, sericeous, seiurus, sewer gas, siqueiros, seahorse, sciurus, Sargasso Sea, squarish, saururaceae, scourge, susurrous, screak, sucrose, squark, siracusa, scherzo, ski race, Skagerrak, serax, sorus, Skagerak, scorsese, ski rack, Showy Orchis, saccharose, scissors kick, shrewish, skreigh, syracuse, susurrus, sorex, SARS, squaw grass, shag rug, scrag, shriek, shire horse, sorgo, sea wrack, screw jack, shirk, sewerage, sea horse, saururus, Sirach, scores, scarce, sazerac, siris, screaky, siriasis, SIRC, sayers, saurosuchus, saurischia, screech, secrecy, sirocco, shrike, squirearchy, sewage works, serous, sack race, series, sucrase, surge, sirius, shears, saragossa, sugar cookie, skreak, scissors, sawhorse, serosa, sarawak, serge.
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