Synonyms for stone
stoʊnstone

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1. stoneverb

   Synonyms:
   rock, pebble, calculus

2. stonenoun

   A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders.

   My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.

   Synonyms:
   lapidate, pebble, rock, calculus

3. stonenoun

   To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

   I went stone crazy after she left.

   Synonyms:
   rock, calculus, pebble

4. stonenoun

   Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.

   Synonyms:
   pebble, calculus, rock

5. stonenoun

   (plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone 6.3503 kilograms

   She is one stone fox.

   Synonyms:
   calculus, pebble, rock

6. stonenoun

   The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.

   a peach stone

   Synonyms:
   rock, calculus, pebble

7. stonenoun

   A hard, stone-like deposit.

   kidney stone

   Synonyms:
   rock, pebble, calculus

8. stonenoun

   A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go.

   Synonyms:
   pebble, calculus, rock

9. stonenoun

   A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.

   Synonyms:
   rock, calculus, pebble

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rock, stonenoun

   a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

   "he threw a rock at me"

   Synonyms:
   rock-and-roll, rock candy, endocarp, sway, gemstone, rock and roll, pit, careen, rock, rock'n'roll, gem, rock music, rock 'n' roll, tilt

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

2. stonenoun

   building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose

   "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"

   Synonyms:
   pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

3. rock, stonenoun

   material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

   "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"

   Synonyms:
   rock-and-roll, rock candy, endocarp, sway, gemstone, rock and roll, pit, careen, rock, rock'n'roll, gem, rock music, rock 'n' roll, tilt

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

4. gem, gemstone, stonenoun

   a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

   "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

   Synonyms:
   muffin, treasure, gemstone, precious stone, pit, gem, rock, jewel, endocarp

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

5. stonenoun

   an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds

   "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"

   Synonyms:
   pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

6. stone, pit, endocarpnoun

   the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

   "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"

   Synonyms:
   stone pit, quarry, gemstone, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, pit, gem, orchestra pit, rock, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

7. Stone, Harlan Stone, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stonenoun

   United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)

   Synonyms:
   pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

8. Stone, Oliver Stonenoun

   United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

   Synonyms:
   pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

9. Stone, Lucy Stonenoun

   United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

   Synonyms:
   pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

10. Stone, I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stonenoun

    United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

    Synonyms:
    pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

11. Stone, Harlan Fiske Stonenoun

    United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)

    Synonyms:
    pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

12. Stone, Edward Durell Stonenoun

    United States architect (1902-1978)

    Synonyms:
    pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

13. stoneadjective

    a lack of feeling or expression or movement

    "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"

    Synonyms:
    pit, rock, endocarp, gem, gemstone

    Antonyms:
    achromatic, neutral

14. stoneverb

    of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

    Antonyms:
    achromatic, neutral

15. stone, lapidateverb

    kill by throwing stones at

    "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"

    Synonyms:
    lapidate, pit

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

16. pit, stoneverb

    remove the pits from

    "pit plums and cherries"

    Synonyms:
    oppose, mark, pit, pock, scar, play off, match, lapidate

    Antonyms:
    neutral, achromatic

Matched Categories

1. • Architect
   • Avoirdupois Unit
   • Building Material
   • Chief Justice
   • Crystal
   • Feminist
   • Film Maker
   • Journalist
   • Jurist
   • Kill
   • Natural Object
   • Remove
   • Suffragist

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stonenoun

   Synonyms:
   rock, pebble

2. stonenoun

   Synonyms:
   gem, jewel, precious stone

3. stonenoun

   Synonyms:
   nut (of a drupe)

4. stonenoun

   Synonyms:
   vesical calculus

5. stonenoun

   Synonyms:
   testicle

6. stonenoun

   Synonyms:
   monumental tablet

7. stoneverb

   Synonyms:
   pelt with stones

8. stoneverb

   Synonyms:
   face with stone, line with stone

9. stoneverb

   Synonyms:
   free from stones

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

1. stonenoun

   Synonyms:
   rock, bowlder, pebble, calculus, concretion, flint, granite, marble, quartz, adamant, shale, flag, flagstone, cobblestone, rubble, brash, shingle, monolith, polyolith, cairn, muller, merestone, cromlech, madstone, snakestone, aërolite, meteorite, (of fruit) endocarp, pit, nut, putamen

   Associated words:
   petrify, petrifaction, lithology, lithography, lithic, lapidary, lithoglypher, lithoglyptic, litholatry, lapidescence, lapidescent, lapidify, lapillation, lapidification, lapidific, lapilli, catapult, quarry, petrography, lapidist, petrology, geology, lithogenesis, lithification, wimble, niobe, petrescence, petrescent, petrifactive, petrologist, concrete, lapidarian, lapidarious, fossil, schist, scapple, lichen, regolith, monadnock, saxatile, saxicoline, saxicavous, saxifrage, saxifragous

2. stonenoun

   Synonyms:
   (precious and semi-precious) gem, jewel, diamond, brilliant, beryl, emerald, chalcedony, bloodstone, agate, heliotrope girasole, onyx, sardonyx, garnet, sardine stone, jade, opal, peridot, chrysolite, sapphire, ruby, topaz, turquoise, turquoise matrix, zircon, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst, pearl, coral, bijou, doublet, carnelian, briolette, cabochon, chatoyant, rhinestone, amphibole, aquamarine, tourmaline, rhodolite, spinel, bufonite

   Antonyms:
   paste, strass, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, pinchbeck, gaud, bauble, foil stone

   Associated words:
   lapidary, lapidist, lapidarian, cameo, intaglio, facet, naif, anaglyph, briquet, collet, platinum, bizet, caret, anaglyphic, diaglyptic, anaglyphies, glyptography, table, bezel, girdle, pavilion, cadrans, mound, mount, dichroiscope, dichroism, dichroscope

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1. List of paraphrases for "stone":

   pierre, stones, pedra, shek, rock, piedra, stoned, stenen, marble, pebble, shi, brick, peter, moonstone, armourstone, mah, stele, headstone, hajar, fava, quarantine

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stone

   Synonyms:
   Concrement

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1. Maggie Roche:

   Where desire writhed there stands a stone; the change was sudden and complete.

2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone.

3. RJ Intindola:

   There are seven things you can never get back. 1. Words after they have been spoken. 2. A stone after it has been thrown. 3. A moment or occasion after it has passed. 4. A person after they have passed. 5. Time once it has passed. 6. Betrayal after it has transpired. 7. A lie after it has been spoken.

4. Lisa Lapin:

   Our buildings are stone, concrete and steel ; the rooftops are stone, to prevent embers from landing and igniting.

5. Kahlil Gibran:

   The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one in the foundation.