Synonyms for pool
pulpool

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1. poolnoun

   an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

2. pond, poolnoun

   a small lake

   "the pond was too small for sailing"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

3. poolnoun

   an organization of people or resources that can be shared

   "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

4. consortium, pool, syndicatenoun

   an association of companies for some definite purpose

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, puddle, pond, consortium, family, pocket billiards

5. poolnoun

   any communal combination of funds

   "everyone contributed to the pool"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

6. pool, puddlenoun

   a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid

   "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

7. pool, kittynoun

   the combined stakes of the betters

   Synonyms:
   puss, kitty, syndicate, jackpot, pussy, puddle, pond, pussycat, consortium, pot, kitty-cat, kitten, pocket billiards

8. pool, puddlenoun

   something resembling a pool of liquid

   "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

9. pool, pocket billiardsverb

   any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

   Synonyms:
   kitty, syndicate, pocket billiards, puddle, pond, consortium

10. poolverb

    combine into a common fund

    "We pooled resources"

11. poolverb

    join or form a pool of people

Matched Categories

1. • Association
   • Body Of Water
   • Excavation
   • Group
   • Lake
   • Organization
   • Reserve Account
   • Share
   • Stake
   • Topographic Point

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. poolnoun

   Synonyms:
   pond (small), mere, LOCH, lake

2. poolnoun

   Synonyms:
   puddle, plash, collection of standing water

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pool":

   basin, pools, grouping, pond, repository, bassin, reserve, reservoir, group, reservation, pelvis, billard, tank, puddle, watershed, pooling, cluster, bundle, sharing, clustering, repertoire

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1. Casa Velas:

   Guests can also participate in a cooking class to learn how to prepare different types of guacamole, to keep guests cool in Puerto Vallarta's temperate 85F weather, avocado shaved ice will be offered in the pool area.

2. Lisel Heise:

   The microphone was often turned off when I started to speak about the swimming pool, and then of course you stop, there's no point, but now that I'm 100, I'm in a different position. Now I have the chance to open my mouth and say something.

3. Rick Sachleben:

   I just don't find hanging out at the pool something I enjoy. Much prefer a nice beach, let's face it.

4. Elijah Cummings:

   We were trying to integrate an Olympic-size pool near my house, and we had been constrained to a wading pool in the black community.

5. Stuart Simmons:

   If you Google ‘Champagne Pool’ online, you will see photos of the striking orange-colored precipitates that deposit around the edge of the pool.