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birds of a feather

bird of a feath·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [burd uhv, ov ey feth -er]
    • /bɜrd ʌv, ɒv eɪ ˈfɛð ər/
    • /bɜːd əv ə ˈfeðə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [burd uhv, ov ey feth -er]
    • /bɜrd ʌv, ɒv eɪ ˈfɛð ər/

Definitions of birds of a feather words

  • phrase birds of a feather If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar. 3
  • phrase birds of a feather If you describe two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have very similar characteristics, interests, or beliefs. 3
  • noun birds of a feather people with the same characteristics, ideas, interests, etc 3
  • noun birds of a feather people of the same type, character, or interests 3
  • noun birds of a feather people with the same characteristics or tastes 3
  • noun birds of a feather any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg. 1
See all 26 definitions of birds of a feather

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Origin of birds of a feather

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English byrd, bryd, Old English brid(d) young bird, chick

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Birds of a feather

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Birds of a feather

birds of a feather popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for birds of a feather

noun birds of a feather

  • couple — If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.
  • pair — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
  • two of a kind — two similar people or things
All 4 Synonyms of birds of a feather

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