Word Meanings - SOLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species , which is a valuable food fish. Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole

Additional info about word: SOLE

Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species , which is a valuable food fish. Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole , and other species. Lemon, or French, sole , a European species of sole -- Smooth sole , the megrim.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SOLE)

• Odd
• Alone
• sole
• unmatched
• remaining
• over
• fragmentary
• uneven
• singular
• peculiar
• queer
• quaint
• fantastical
• uncommon
• nondescript
• Only
• Single
• alone
• solitary
• One
• unique
• only
• individual
• separate
• uncombined
• unmarried
• uncompounded
• Singular
• eminent
• extraordinary
• conspicuous
• consummate
• unusual
• odd
• whimsical
• unexampled
• unprecedented
• eccentric
• fantastic
• exceptional
• particular
• remarkable
• curious

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SOLE)

• Neglect
• drop
• interrupt
• nullify
• undo
• baffle
• frustrate
• mar
• defeat
• spoil

Related words: (words related to SOLE)

• PECULIARIZE
  To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
• CONSUMMATELY
  In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.
• UNEXAMPLED
  Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
• UNCOMMON
  Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.
• ECCENTRICITY
  The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. (more info) 1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
• SINGLE-BREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• FANTASTIC
  1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical. 2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. Shak. 3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic
• ECCENTRICALLY
  In an eccentric manner. Drove eccentrically here and there. Lew Wallace.
• FANTASTICALITY
  Fantastically.
• QUEERISH
  Rather queer; somewhat singular.
• CONSPICUOUS
  1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton. Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess
• INDIVIDUALIZER
  One who individualizes.
• ALONENESS
  A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. Bp. Montagu.
• UNIQUE
  Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole. -- U*nique"ly, adv. -- U*nique"ness, n.
• FRUSTRATE
  Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak. (more info) to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr,
• SINGULAR
  Existing by itself; single; individual. The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. I. Watts. (more info) 1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. Bacon. And
• PECULIARNESS
  The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
• INTERRUPTION
  1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to
• SINGLE-ACTING
  Having simplicity of action; especially , acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
• ECCENTRICAL
  See ECCENTRIC
• INSEPARATE
  Not separate; together; united. Shak.
• SUBINDIVIDUAL
  A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton.
• ACQUAINTANCE
  1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract
• ACQUAINTED
  Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
• DISACQUAINT
  To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.
• INACQUAINTANCE
  Want of acquaintance. Good.