Synonyms for mantle
ˈmæn tlman·tle

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1. mantlenoun

   the cloak as a symbol of authority

   "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"

   Synonyms:
   pallium, pall, mantel, cape, mantelpiece, curtain, mantlepiece, drape, chimneypiece, blanket, drapery

2. Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantlenoun

   United States baseball player (1931-1997)

   Synonyms:
   pallium, pall, mantel, cape, mantelpiece, curtain, mantlepiece, drape, chimneypiece, blanket, drapery

3. mantlenoun

   the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

   Synonyms:
   pallium, pall, mantel, cape, mantelpiece, curtain, mantlepiece, drape, chimneypiece, blanket, drapery

4. blanket, mantlenoun

   anything that covers

   "there was a blanket of snow"

   Synonyms:
   pallium, cover, pall, mantel, cape, mantelpiece, curtain, mantlepiece, drape, chimneypiece, blanket, drapery

5. mantle, palliumnoun

   (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

   Synonyms:
   pallium, pall, cortex, mantel, cape, mantelpiece, cerebral mantle, curtain, mantlepiece, drape, cerebral cortex, chimneypiece, blanket, drapery

6. mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiecenoun

   shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

   "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"

   Synonyms:
   pallium, pall, mantel, cape, mantelpiece, curtain, mantlepiece, drape, chimneypiece, blanket, drapery

7. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pallnoun

   hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

   Synonyms:
   blanket, pall, curtain, winding-clothes, winding-sheet, drapery, shroud, chimneypiece, cape, mantlepiece, mantelpiece, mantel, chill, cerement, drape, pallium

8. cape, mantleverb

   a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

   Synonyms:
   ness, pall, mantel, cape, mantelpiece, curtain, mantlepiece, drape, pallium, chimneypiece, blanket, drapery

9. mantleverb

   spread over a surface, like a mantle

10. mantleverb

    cover like a mantle

    "The ivy mantles the building"

Matched Categories

1. • Ballplayer
   • Blind
   • Cover
   • Covering
   • Epidermis
   • Furnishing
   • Layer
   • Lithosphere
   • Spread
   • Symbol
   • Zoology

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mantlenoun

   Synonyms:
   cloak

2. mantlenoun

   Synonyms:
   cover, covering

3. mantlenoun

   Synonyms:
   mantel-piece, mantel-tree, mantel-shelf

4. mantleverb

   Synonyms:
   cloak, overspread, cover

5. mantleverb

   Synonyms:
   expand, spread, be expanded

6. mantleverb

   Synonyms:
   be suffused (said of blood rushing to the face)

7. mantleverb

   Synonyms:
   effervesce, bubble, foam, sparkle, froth

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mantlenoun

   Synonyms:
   cape, cloak, pallium, mantel-piece, mantel-shelf

2. mantleverb

   Synonyms:
   sparkle, foam, bubble, effervesce

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mantle":

   coat, cloak, tablecloth, chimney, overcoat, robe, fireplace, sheath, jacket, guise, sleeve

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How to use mantle in a sentence?

1. Sami Mikhail:

   [The source] could be just a really, really old formation that's been down in the mantle for a long time.

2. Natsue Abe:

   We already drilled and have taken some samples from the ocean floor but (only) from the top, (We want) to dig from the ocean floor to the deep pristine mantle.

3. Rush Limbaugh:

   I will take the mantle.

4. Peter James:

   When we combined that with lunar topography data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we discovered the unexpectedly large amount of mass hundreds of miles underneath the South Pole-Aitken basin, one of the explanations of this extra mass is that the metal from the asteroid that formed this crater is still embedded in the Moons mantle.

5. Donald Trump:

   I'll tell you what, I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck Schumer of New York, so I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I'm not going to blame you for it.