Synonyms for semi
ˈsɛm i, ˈsɛm aɪse·mi

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1. semifinal, seminoun

   one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament

   Synonyms:
   articulated lorry, semifinal, rig, trailer truck, semitrailer, tractor trailer, trucking rig

2. trailer truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, rig, articulated lorry, seminoun

   a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together

   Synonyms:
   outfit, trucking rig, turnout, semifinal, fishing tackle, getup, swindle, carriage, fishing gear, trailer truck, articulated lorry, tackle, tractor trailer, fishing rig, cheat, rig, semitrailer, equipage, rigging

3. semitrailer, seminoun

   a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle

   Synonyms:
   articulated lorry, semifinal, rig, trailer truck, semitrailer, tractor trailer, trucking rig

Matched Categories

1. • Match
   • Trailer
   • Truck

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. seminoun

   Synonyms:
   [L.] [Used as a prefix.] half

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "semi":

   semi-trailer, semi-, semi-urban, midshore, emis, truck, seed

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1. Jack Graham:

   He’s already been sent to human resources and he received a semi-threatening letter from the CEO, it’s already happening – the punishment – the discrimination.

2. Simon Wilson-Taylor:

   This is a full execution management system where clients can organise all of their upstream and downstream processes, this had largely been a manual process which has been semi-automated by platforms like FX Connect, but it has never been fully digitised. That's what we've cracked with Molten Markets, but in the past we have lacked the scale to fully leverage the solution, this is where EBS BrokerTec comes in.

3. David Crimmins:

   Pre-COVID, even the pickiest people didn’t pay that much attention to tiny details like how the corners of the sheets on their beds were folded or if the bacon was semi-crispy or very crispy, now, they have a lot more time [at home] and are more agitated than they have been. They notice every little thing.

4. Jan Smuts:

   Nazism ... destroys the very soul of our civilization ... I have not taken the same grave view of Bolshevism, for it never was clear to me that Bolshevism, in spite of its brutalities and cruelties, really threatened the essentials of our ethical civilization. And after all it was a revolution of a semi-barbarous people against a rotten government and an effete church. Nazi-ism in highly cultured Germany is a very different affair.

5. Peter Lerner:

   While loss of civilian life is regrettable, combatting a terrorist organization with semi-state military capabilities that intentionally conceals those capabilities within and beneath homes, schools, hospitals and mosques is the reality of urban warfare.