Synonyms for pool
pulpool

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1. poolnoun

   an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

2. pond, poolnoun

   a small lake

   "the pond was too small for sailing"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

3. poolnoun

   an organization of people or resources that can be shared

   "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

4. consortium, pool, syndicatenoun

   an association of companies for some definite purpose

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, puddle, pond, consortium, family, pocket billiards

5. poolnoun

   any communal combination of funds

   "everyone contributed to the pool"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

6. pool, puddlenoun

   a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid

   "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

7. pool, kittynoun

   the combined stakes of the betters

   Synonyms:
   puss, kitty, syndicate, jackpot, pussy, puddle, pond, pussycat, consortium, pot, kitty-cat, kitten, pocket billiards

8. pool, puddlenoun

   something resembling a pool of liquid

   "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

9. pool, pocket billiardsverb

   any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

10. poolverb

    combine into a common fund

    "We pooled resources"

11. poolverb

    join or form a pool of people

Matched Categories

1. • Association
   • Body Of Water
   • Excavation
   • Group
   • Lake
   • Organization
   • Reserve Account
   • Share
   • Stake
   • Topographic Point

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. poolnoun

   Synonyms:
   pond (small), mere, LOCH, lake

2. poolnoun

   Synonyms:
   puddle, plash, collection of standing water

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

1. List of paraphrases for "pool":

   basin, pools, grouping, pond, repository, bassin, reserve, reservoir, group, reservation, pelvis, billard, tank, puddle, watershed, pooling, cluster, bundle, sharing, clustering, repertoire

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How to use pool in a sentence?

1. Chris DeJong:

   I would rent pool space wherever I could find it in the suburbs.

2. Rafael Rivera:

   The debt can scare people away. One of those individuals could be the one to find a cure for cancer. For us, it's important to have the best applicant pool possible and society deserves nothing less.

3. Kelly Jackson:

   The 18-month-old child coughed up some water and was transported to the hospital as a precaution but he was ok. Following the incident, the family installed a fence equipped with a locked door that goes to the pool. Kelly Jackson recalled hugging and thanking her daughter for her help. I hugged her, I cried and I still thank her every day, because honestly, in that matter, two seconds makes a huge difference. Following the heroic act, Halifax Mayor Mayor Mike Savage and Councilor Tony Mancini honored Lexie Comeau-Jackson on Wednesday with a special award, Global News reported.

4. Victor Vescovo:

   It's not a big garbage collection pool, even though it's treated as such.

5. Scott Stewart:

   Soeren Kern see these disenfranchised people, and it’s a very good recruitment pool.