duck - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

Synonyms

• duck

More generic

• anseriform bird

More specific

• Aix galericulata
• Aix sponsa
• Anas acuta
• Anas clypeata
• Anas penelope
• Anas platyrhynchos
• Anas rubripes
• Aythya americana
• Aythya ferina
• Aythya valisineria
• Bucephela albeola
• Bucephela clangula
• Cairina moschata
• Oxyura jamaicensis
• black duck
• bluebill
• broadbill
• bufflehead
• butterball
• canvasback
• canvasback duck
• dabbler
• dabbling duck
• dipper
• diving duck
• drake
• duckling
• goldeneye
• mallard
• mandarin duck
• muscovy duck
• musk duck
• pin-tailed duck
• pintail
• pochard
• quack-quack
• redhead
• ruddy duck
• scaup
• scaup duck
• sea duck
• sheldrake
• shoveler
• shoveller
• summer duck
• teal
• whistler
• widgeon
• wigeon
• wild duck
• wood duck
• wood widgeon

Related

• duck
• duck down

Related

• Anatidae
• family Anatidae

Noun

a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

Synonyms

• duck

More generic

• cloth
• fabric
• material
• textile

Noun

flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

Synonyms

• duck

More generic

• poultry

More specific

• duckling

Related

• duck

Noun

(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

Synonyms

• duck
• duck's egg

More generic

• score

Verb

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Synonyms

• circumvent
• dodge
• duck
• elude
• evade
• fudge
• hedge
• parry
• put off
• sidestep
• skirt

More generic

• avoid

More specific

• beg
• quibble

Verb

to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

Synonyms

• duck

More generic

• move

Verb

submerge or plunge suddenly

Synonyms

• duck

More generic

• dive
• plunge
• plunk

Verb

dip into a liquid

Synonyms

• dip
• douse
• duck

More generic

• dip
• douse
• dunk
• plunge
• souse

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