Synonyms for fry
fraɪfry

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1. Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Frynoun

   English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

   Synonyms:
   nestling, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, tyke, nipper, minor, kid, small fry, child

2. Fry, Christopher Frynoun

   English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

   Synonyms:
   nestling, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, tyke, nipper, minor, kid, small fry, child

3. child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestlingverb

   a young person of either sex

   "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

   Synonyms:
   chela, kid, nestling, tiddler, pip-squeak, claw, electric razor, nipper, shaver, pincer, kidskin, boor, peasant, barbarian, squirt, churl, tyke, child, minor, tike, small fry, youngster, electric shaver, baby bird, baby

4. fryverb

   be excessively hot

   "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"

   Synonyms:
   electrocute

5. fryverb

   cook on a hot surface using fat

   "fry the pancakes"

   Synonyms:
   electrocute

6. electrocute, fryverb

   kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

   "The serial killer was electrocuted"

   Synonyms:
   electrocute

Matched Categories

1. • Art Critic
   • Cook
   • Cookery
   • Dramatist
   • Heat Up
   • Kill
   • Painter

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. frynoun

   Synonyms:
   small fishes, swarm of little fishes, small fry

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1. List of paraphrases for "fry":

   alevins, fingerlings, frying, frye, yugoslavia

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1. Brandon Garrett:

   Hardly any corporations risk a criminal trial, the biggest companies tend to settle out of court and the small fry plead guilty.

2. Lorenzo Davis:

   Deadly force is the last-resort measure. You only use that after you have exhausted all other means of putting somebody in custody, in this particular case, Officer Fry who fired the shots, he did not chase Mr. Chatman. He did not shout a warning. He did not use his radio to give direction of flight. He simply pointed his gun until he had a clear shot.

3. Waller County Sheriff Glen Smith:

   From my experience, groups like The New Black Panther Party are smart, they point their guns in the air and don’t look Waller County Sheriff Glen Smith in the eye and say ‘ I ’m going to kill Waller County Sheriff Glen Smith, ’ but say ‘ pigs in blanket, ’ or ‘ need to fry some bacon. ’.

4. Mayor Antonio Cando Halili:

   No one is safe – mayors, governors, congressmen – just a false intelligence report by the police can end up with any of them being destroyed, i have a feeling they (police) are going after the small fry to frighten the people.

5. Kim Jung-suk:

   Kangwon Land does better and better as small fry keep coming, there's no off-season.