Synonyms for sparrow
ˈspær oʊspar·row

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. sparrownoun

   Synonyms:
   sparra, spuggy, spadger

2. sparrownoun

   The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.

   Synonyms:
   sparra, spadger, spuggy

3. sparrownoun

   A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.

   Synonyms:
   spuggy, spadger, sparra

4. sparrownoun

   A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.

   Synonyms:
   spadger, spuggy, sparra

5. sparrownoun

   Generically, any small, nondescript bird.

   Synonyms:
   spadger, spuggy, sparra

6. sparrownoun

   A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow.

   Synonyms:
   sparra, spuggy, spadger

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 10 votes

1. sparrow, true sparrownoun

   any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

   Synonyms:
   dunnock, true sparrow, hedge sparrow

2. hedge sparrow, sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularisnoun

   small brownish European songbird

   Synonyms:
   dunnock, true sparrow, hedge sparrow

Matched Categories

1. • Accentor
   • Passerine

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

1. List of paraphrases for "sparrow":

   bruant, piaf, mccown, birdie, longspur, bunting, henslow, mahjong, fip, lark

Suggested Resources

1. sparrow

   Song lyrics by sparrow -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by sparrow on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to use sparrow in a sentence?

1. Marcus Aurelius:

   Some things are rushing into existence, others out of it. Some of what now exists is already gone. Change and flux constantly remake the world, just as the incessant progression of time remakes eternity. We find ourselves in a river. Which of the things around us should we value when none of them can offer a firm foothold? Like an attachment to a sparrow: we glimpse it and it’s gone.

2. Amber Heard:

   I saw a courtroom packed full of Captain Jack Sparrow fans who were vocal, energized, this was the most humiliating and horrible thing I’ve ever been through. I’ve never felt more removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: 'that God governs in the affairs of men.' And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?

4. Savannah Guthrie:

   I saw a courtroom packed full of Captain Jack Sparrow fans who were vocal, energized. This was the most humiliating and horrible thing I’ve ever been through. I’ve never felt more removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human.

5. Eric Berne:

   The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.