filament - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

Synonyms

• filament

More generic

• conducting wire
• wire

Related

• bulb
• electric light
• electric-light bulb
• incandescent lamp
• light bulb
• lightbulb

Noun

a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

Synonyms

• filament
• filum

More generic

• anatomical structure
• bodily structure
• body structure
• complex body part
• structure

More specific

• hair
• pilus

Noun

the stalk of a stamen

Synonyms

• filament

More generic

• stalk
• stem

Noun

a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Synonyms

• fibril
• filament
• strand

More generic

• fiber
• fibre

More specific

• barb
• chromatid
• cobweb
• gossamer
• hypha
• myofibril
• myofibrilla
• paraphysis
• rhizoid
• sarcostyle

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