Synonyms for oyster
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : oi-ster |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔɪ stər |
Top 10 synonyms for oyster Other synonyms for the word oyster
- ability
- ableness
- aptitude
- ash
- ashen
- barnacle
- battleship
- cinereal
- clouded
- competence
- crayfish
- dappled
- dingy
- Dove
- dusky
- effectiveness
- efficiency
- eminency
- faculty
- gift
- granite
- heather
- iron
- lead
- leaden
- livid
- long suit
- medium
- métier
- mousy
- neutral
- oyster
- pearly
- peppery
- piddock
- powder
- prawn
- scallop
- sere
- shaded
- shrimp
- silvered
- silvery
- slate
- smoky
- snail
- somber
- speciality
- specialty
- stone
- strength
- strong suit
- talent
- thing
- whelk
Définition of oyster
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French oistre (Modern French huître), from Latin ostrea, plural or fem. of ostreum "oyster," from Greek ostreon, from PIE *ost- "bone" (see osseous). Related to Greek ostrakon "hard shell" and to osteon "bone."
- Why then the world's mine Oyster, which I, with sword will open. [Shakespeare, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," II.ii.2]
- As in gray : adj silver
- As in gray/grey : adj muted silver in color
- As in shellfish : noun invertebrate
- As in strong point : noun forte
- As in forte : noun person's strong point
- He has the constitution of a rhinoceros, the digestion of an ostrich, and the concentration of an oyster.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- One morning Gervaise surprised her emptying a basket of oyster shells there.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Strain in the milk, add the oyster liquor, stir, and cook well.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- Strain in the milk and oyster liquor, and stir and cook well.
- Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
- Otherwise they were canned as the Tricholoma and oyster mushroom.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- One of the best ways to cook an Oyster mushroom is to fry it as you fry an oyster.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- Of these, oyster or marine shells, burnt shale, and slag are most common.
- Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
- Judge: We don't want to know what the oyster said or the turpentine either.
- Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
- The chief offenses are against the fish and oyster laws of the state.
- Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
- You can't make an oyster out of nothing, nor you can't do it in a day.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
Antonyms for oyster
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019