Synonyms for nightingale
ˈnaɪt nˌgeɪl, ˈnaɪ tɪŋ-nightin·gale

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1. nightingalenoun

   Synonyms:
   philomel

2. nightingalenoun

   A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Turdidae.

   Synonyms:
   philomel

Princeton's WordNet

1. nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchosnoun

   European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

2. Nightingale, Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lampnoun

   English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

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1. nightingalenoun

   Synonyms:
   philomel, philomela, (philomela luscinia.)

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1. nightingalenoun

   Synonyms:
   philomel, philomela

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1. List of paraphrases for "nightingale":

   rossignol

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1. Seán O'Casey:

   Disease an never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion's willful screaming or faith's symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered by the energy of humanity and the cunning in the mind of man. In the patience of a Curie, in the enlightenment of a Faraday, a Rutherford, a Pasteur, a Nightingale, and all other apostles of light and cleanliness, rather than of a woebegone godliness, we shall find final deliverance from plague, pestilence, and famine.

2. Alfred North Whitehead:

   Nature gets credit which should in truth be reserved for ourselves: the rose for its scent, the nightingale for its song; and the sun for its radiance. The poets are entirely mistaken. They should address their lyrics to themselves and should turn them into odes of self congratulation on the excellence of the human mind.

3. Fyodor Urnov:

   His juxtaposition of accomplishment and goodness is unbelievably rare, he’s some sort of superhero meets Florence Nightingale.

4. Dejan Stojanovic:

   There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.

5. D. H. Lawrence:

   Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning was not a Word, but a chirrup.