shark - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

Synonyms

• shark

More generic

• elasmobranch
• selachian

More specific

• Alopius vulpinus
• Carcharias taurus
• Ginglymostoma cirratum
• Hexanchus griseus
• Odontaspis taurus
• Orectolobus barbatus
• Rhincodon typus
• Squatina squatina
• angel shark
• angelfish
• carpet shark
• cat shark
• cow shark
• dogfish
• fox shark
• hammerhead
• hammerhead shark
• mackerel shark
• monkfish
• nurse shark
• requiem shark
• sand shark
• sand tiger
• six-gilled shark
• thrasher
• thresher
• thresher shark
• whale shark

Noun

a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways

Synonyms

• shark

More generic

• expert

Noun

a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

Synonyms

• shark

More generic

• offender
• wrongdoer

More specific

• loan shark
• moneylender
• shylock
• usurer

Verb

hunt shark

Synonyms

• shark

More generic

• fish

Verb

play the shark; act with trickery

Synonyms

• shark

More generic

• cheat
• chisel

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