Synonyms for Crescent
ˈkrɛs əntcres·cent

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1. crescentadjective

   any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters

   Antonyms:
   angular, angulate

2. crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunateadjective

   resembling the new moon in shape

   Antonyms:
   angular, angulate

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crescentnoun

   Synonyms:
   new moon, moon in her first quarter

2. crescentnoun

   Synonyms:
   figure of the new moon

3. crescentnoun

   Synonyms:
   turkish standard

4. crescentnoun

   Synonyms:
   turkish power, ottoman Empire

5. crescentadjective

   Synonyms:
   growing, enlarging, increasing

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1. List of paraphrases for "crescent":

   al-hilal, al-helal, helal, hilal, growing, increasing

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. crescent

   Synonyms:
   Quarter moon

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How to use Crescent in a sentence?

1. Christoph Horstel:

   Any neutral institution's inspection is highly welcome, since it will prove the Iranian Red Crescent is abiding with regulations to humanitarian aid. War parties' inspections will be clearly rejected.

2. William Faulkner:

   No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only. Whatever its symbol -- cross or crescent or whatever -- that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race.

3. International Federation of Red Cross:

   Iran is under water. This is an unprecedented crisis ...The Red Crescent response is massive, and it is growing every day.

4. Ko Nakata:

   The Red Crescent Society is operating under the Islamic State's control. Why don't we seek Turkey's mediation and give the money for the people affected by the conflicts in Iraq and Syria? I believe this could be a rational, acceptable option.

5. State Mike Pompeo:

   It told the Iranians that President Trump and our administration had free rein to develop a Shia crescent that extended from Yemen to Iraq to Syria and into Lebanon, surrounding our ally Israel, and threatening American lives as well.