Synonyms for limb
lɪmlimb

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. limbnoun

   one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

   Synonyms:
   arm, tree branch, branch

2. limb, tree branchnoun

   any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

   Synonyms:
   arm, tree branch, branch

3. limbnoun

   (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

   Synonyms:
   arm, tree branch, branch

4. limbnoun

   either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip

   "the upper limb of the bow"

   Synonyms:
   arm, tree branch, branch

5. limbnoun

   the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

   "the limb of the sextant"

   Synonyms:
   arm, tree branch, branch

6. arm, branch, limbnoun

   any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

   "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

   Synonyms:
   branch, offset, weapon, sleeve, tree branch, leg, weapon system, offshoot, ramification, arm, subdivision, outgrowth

Matched Categories

1. • Arc
   • Astronomy
   • Branch
   • Edge
   • Extremity
   • Part
   • Projection

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. limbnoun

   Synonyms:
   member

2. limbnoun

   Synonyms:
   branch, bough

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. limbnoun

   Synonyms:
   branch, bough

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "limb":

   lamina, member, limbo, branch, leg

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1. Trump Jr.:

   I don't know. I'm gon na go out on a limb here and say if it was Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin said that about, it'd be a slightly different response, did you ever think that maybe Vlad is thrilled to be negotiating against a dolt ?

2. Tyler Hardy:

   I backed up and shined my light to see what was in the tree and I saw the snake coiled up on a limb, it struck at me again and fell out of the tree that time.

3. Mike Levin:

   It has the girth and the kind of features of a normal limb, some bumps that are becoming toes. It does not yet have all of the correct terminal structure. It doesn't have the long toes, the webbing -- we didn't get that far ; we may have if we let it go longer.

4. Christina Prejean:

   As somebody who proudly served our country and risked life and limb to defend our nation and our families, I believe that no candidate for public office should attack our service members, we serve because of our innate passion to protect our country. We should never tear down veterans.

5. Robert Southey:

   The loss of a friend is like that of a limb time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.