Synonyms for bay
beɪbay

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1. bay, embaymentnoun

   an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

   Synonyms:
   bay tree, true laurel, embayment, alcove, bay laurel

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, uncoloured

2. baynoun

   the sound of a hound on the scent

   Synonyms:
   bay tree, true laurel, embayment, alcove, bay laurel

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, uncoloured

3. true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilisnoun

   small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

   Synonyms:
   bay tree, true laurel, embayment, alcove, bay laurel

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, uncoloured

4. baynoun

   a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital

   "they put him in the sick bay"

   Synonyms:
   bay tree, true laurel, embayment, alcove, bay laurel

   Antonyms:
   uncoloured, uncolored

5. baynoun

   a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose

   "he opened the bomb bay"

   Synonyms:
   bay tree, true laurel, embayment, alcove, bay laurel

   Antonyms:
   uncoloured, uncolored

6. alcove, baynoun

   a small recess opening off a larger room

   Synonyms:
   bay tree, true laurel, embayment, alcove, bay laurel

   Antonyms:
   uncoloured, uncolored

7. bayadjective

   a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

   Synonyms:
   bay tree, true laurel, embayment, alcove, bay laurel

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, uncoloured

8. bayverb

   (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

   Antonyms:
   uncoloured, uncolored

9. bayverb

   utter in deep prolonged tones

   Synonyms:
   quest

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, uncoloured

10. bay, questverb

    bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

    Synonyms:
    quest, request, call for, bespeak

    Antonyms:
    uncolored, uncoloured

Matched Categories

1. • Body Of Water
   • Compartment
   • Cry
   • Laurel
   • Recess
   • Sea
   • Utter

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yapped

   yap means to give a sharp, shrill bark.

   "the monster yapped at the woman."

   Submitted by MagicalMissM on September 23, 2019  

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1. bayadjective

   Synonyms:
   reddish-brown

2. baynoun

   Synonyms:
   bight, inlet of the sea

3. baynoun

   Synonyms:
   recess (as in a room), opening

4. baynoun

   Synonyms:
   compartment

5. baynoun

   Synonyms:
   bay-tree, laurel-tree (laurus nobilis)

6. bayverb

   Synonyms:
   bark

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. baynoun

   Synonyms:
   bight, frith, estuary, fiord, bayou, recess, alcove, sinus, oriel (bay window), bay-tree, sweet laurel, last resort, desperation

2. baynoun

   Synonyms:
   honors, garland, renown

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1. List of paraphrases for "bay":

   wan, baie, bahia, gulf, compartment, bays, berries, baia, raya

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1. Bernie Sanders:

   I am encouraged to see that the President is sending Congress a plan to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison. As I have said for years, the prison at Guantanamo must be closed as quickly as possible.

2. Frank Connor:

   It's amazing, in the last few days, you had Raul Castro making demands of the U.S. for normalization of relations, including closing Guantanamo Bay, when we're the most powerful nation on earth. We shouldn't be taking demands from Cuba to basically infuse life-saving capital into their country; it should be going quite the opposite.

3. Mr Liu:

   Since I have spent most of my life time in Hong Kong; I am more familiar and have trust in the local hospital rather than the Greater Bay Area.

4. Scott Gottlieb:

   The fact that we could build a wall of immunity through vaccination, and not just mass-infecting the population, is going to be how we accelerate our way out of the pandemic into an endemic phase with this virus where we can hopefully keep it at bay.

5. Steve Moss:

   I would say every single school in Bay County has some type of damage, some more extensive than others, some it'll probably take weeks or months to get online. Some it will take years.