Synonyms for gulf
gʌlfgulf

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1. gulfnoun

   an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

   Synonyms:
   disconnect, disconnection

2. gulf, disconnect, disconnectionnoun

   an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

   "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"

   Synonyms:
   disjuncture, disconnect, disjunction, disconnectedness, disconnection

3. gulfnoun

   a deep wide chasm

   Synonyms:
   disconnect, disconnection

Matched Categories

1. • Body Of Water
   • Chasm
   • Disparity
   • Sea

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gulfnoun

   Synonyms:
   large bay

2. gulfnoun

   Synonyms:
   abyss

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1. gulfnoun

   Synonyms:
   abyss, chasm, vortex, whirlpool, rapids, maelstrom, bay

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

1. List of paraphrases for "gulf":

   golfe, golfo, golf, bay, gap, abyss, chasm, divide, gcc, wan

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1. Jonathan Fried:

   There is certainly some momentum, a consequence of the large and growing trade links between China and the Gulf.

2. National Security Adviser Susan Rice:

   We will ... be looking forward, if the Israelis are interested and willing, they haven't said so yet, to discuss with them how we might further deepen and strengthen our security and intelligence cooperation, secretary of Defense Ash Carter will be going out to Israel this weekend, and to Saudi Arabia, and he will be continuing our practical cooperation with both Israel and our partners in the Gulf.

3. Jim Ritterbusch:

   Despite what we view as a balanced oil market both domestically and globally, oil pricing is apparently still sensitive to evolving developments in the Persian Gulf where occasional minor military events are slowly cranking up geopolitical risk premium.

4. Boris Johnson:

   The UK is attributing responsibility with a very high degree of probability to Iran for the Aramco attacks. We think it very likely indeed that Iran was indeed responsible, we will be working with our American friends and our European friends to construct a response that tries to deescalate tensions in the Gulf region.

5. Dave Perkins:

   Water started coming up out of the Gulf, tore up one of the buildings, roof came off, boat flipped over, pieces of debris are falling out of the air.