Synonyms for parrot
ˈpær ətpar·rot

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1. parrotnoun

   To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.

   I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.

   Synonyms:
   Psittaciformes, popinjay

2. parrotnoun

   A parroter; a person who repeats what was just said.

   What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.

   Synonyms:
   copycat, mimic, parroter

3. parrotnoun

   A puffin.

   Synonyms:
   puffin, tomnoddy, sea-parrot

4. parrotnoun

   Channel coal.

   Synonyms:
   channel coal

Princeton's WordNet

1. parrotnoun

   usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds

2. parrotverb

   a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated

3. parrotverb

   repeat mindlessly

   "The students parroted the teacher's words"

Matched Categories

1. • Bird
   • Repeat

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parakeet

   a budgie is a common parakeet.

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parrotnoun

   Synonyms:
   POLL

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1. List of paraphrases for "parrot":

   parakeet, beak, copycat

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How to use parrot in a sentence?

1. Saskya Pandita:

   Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

2. Rick Perry:

   Any time there is an accident like this, the President is clear, he doesn't like for Americans to have guns, and so he uses every opportunity, this being another one, to basically go parrot that message.

3. Maria Uriarte:

   For instance the endangered Puerto Rican parrot, which likes old, tall growth, can't nest because much of the forest is disturbed.

4. William Cowper:

   Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinct from harmony divine, the constant creaking of a country sign.

5. The Hitopadesa:

   Shall He to thee His aid refuse Who clothes the swan in dazzling white, Who robes in green the parrot bright, The peacocks decks in rainbow hues?*