Synonyms for fin
fɪnfin

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1. five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebenoun

   the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

   Synonyms:
   tail fin, basketball team, louver, cinque, quintet, five, phoebe bird, quin, flipper, pentad, atomic number 23, five-spot, quintette, quint, tailfin, fivesome, quintuple, vanadium, louvre, volt, quintuplet

2. tail fin, tailfin, finnoun

   one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

   Synonyms:
   tail fin, louver, cinque, quintet, five, vertical fin, flipper, quintuplet, vertical stabiliser, pentad, vertical stabilizer, quint, tailfin, fivesome, caudal fin, louvre

3. louver, louvre, finnoun

   one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

   Synonyms:
   cinque, quint, five, flipper, tailfin, tail fin, pentad, quintuplet, quintet, louver, fivesome, louvre

4. flipper, finnoun

   a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

   Synonyms:
   cinque, quint, five, flipper, tail fin, pentad, quintuplet, quintet, fivesome, louvre, louver, tailfin

5. finnoun

   a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish

   Synonyms:
   cinque, quint, five, flipper, tail fin, pentad, quintuplet, quintet, louver, fivesome, louvre, tailfin

6. finverb

   organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

   Synonyms:
   cinque, quint, five, flipper, tail fin, pentad, quintuplet, quintet, louver, fivesome, louvre, tailfin

7. finverb

   equip (a car) with fins

   Synonyms:
   break water

8. finverb

   propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

   Synonyms:
   break water

9. fin, break waterverb

   show the fins above the water while swimming

   "The sharks were finning near the surface"

   Synonyms:
   break water

Matched Categories

1. • Aquatics
   • Digit
   • Equip
   • Shoe
   • Slat
   • Stabilizer
   • Swim

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1. List of paraphrases for "fin":

   end, order, ecfin, purpose, cotter

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How to use fin in a sentence?

1. Daniel Magee:

   As we got closer I saw a fin and realized it was a whale, some lock keepers hosing Atmospheric Administration.Garside down and it looked like the tide was going up so Atmospheric Administration.Garside could turn around. I realized that the whale might be injured as it started rolling on its side and thrashing about.

2. Jim Serpa:

   When I saw the big bulbous head, the tiny dorsal fin way back on its back and the dagger teeth, I knew exactly what it was. It also had an odd blowhole thats farther up than any other whale and slightly off-center.

3. Adeline Chan:

   We don't need shark fins for ourselves, but sharks need their fins, i stopped consuming shark fin soup four years ago after learning what sharks had to go through before a bowl of shark fin soup is served.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   Tener la mente abierta como una persona de mente abierta siempre ve todo lo posible y el que ve todo lo posible es capaz de hacer cualquier cosa posible. A fin de mantener una mente abierta y Mickeymize su vida. compartir esto para tener un mundo de infinitas posibilidades.

5. Blaine Shelton:

   I already saw the fin, and I knew it was n’t a porpoise.