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- [jel-ee-fish]
- /ˈdʒɛl iˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈdʒel.i.fɪʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jel-ee-fish]
- /ˈdʒɛl iˌfɪʃ/
Definitions of jellyfish word
- noun plural jellyfish any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa. 1
- noun jellyfish A free-swimming marine coelenterate with a jellylike bell-or saucer-shaped body that is typically transparent and has stinging tentacles around the edge. 1
- noun jellyfish marine creature 1
- noun jellyfish weak person 1
- noun plural jellyfish Informal. a person without strong resolve or stamina; an indecisive or weak person. 0
- countable noun jellyfish A jellyfish is a sea creature that has a clear soft body and can sting you. 0
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Origin of jellyfish
First appearance:
before 1700 One of the 50% oldest English words
1700-10; 1910-15 for def 2; jelly + fish
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Jellyfish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jellyfish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% 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".
jellyfish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jellyfish
adjective jellyfish
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- fearful — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
- concerned — If you are concerned to do something, you want to do it because you think it is important.
- doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
noun jellyfish
- wimp — any of a group of weakly interacting elementary particles predicted by various unified field theories, as the W particle and Z-zero particle, that are characterized by relatively large masses.
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- baby — A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- caitiff — a cowardly or base person
- craven — Someone who is craven is very cowardly.
Antonyms for jellyfish
adjective jellyfish
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- certain — If you are certain about something, you firmly believe it is true and have no doubt about it. If you are not certain about something, you do not have definite knowledge about it.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- collected — An author's collected works or letters are all their works or letters published in one book or in a set of books.
- composed — If someone is composed, they are calm and able to control their feelings.
noun jellyfish
- aggressor — The aggressor in a fight or battle is the person, group, or country that starts it.
- hero — a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
- strongman — a person who performs remarkable feats of strength, as in a circus.
Top questions with jellyfish
- what do jellyfish eat?
- how do jellyfish reproduce?
- what eats jellyfish?
- how long do jellyfish live?
- how to draw a jellyfish?
- how do jellyfish eat?
- what is a jellyfish?
- how many tentacles do jellyfish have?
- what does jellyfish taste like?
- what do you call a group of jellyfish?
- how long does a jellyfish sting last?
- how to draw jellyfish?
- how to treat jellyfish sting?
- how do jellyfish sting?
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