Synonyms for sparrow
ˈspær oʊspar·row

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. sparrownoun

   Synonyms:
   sparra, spuggy, spadger

2. sparrownoun

   The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.

   Synonyms:
   sparra, spadger, spuggy

3. sparrownoun

   A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.

   Synonyms:
   spuggy, spadger, sparra

4. sparrownoun

   A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.

   Synonyms:
   spadger, spuggy, sparra

5. sparrownoun

   Generically, any small, nondescript bird.

   Synonyms:
   spadger, spuggy, sparra

6. sparrownoun

   A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow.

   Synonyms:
   sparra, spuggy, spadger

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.2 / 10 votes

1. sparrow, true sparrownoun

   any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

   Synonyms:
   dunnock, true sparrow, hedge sparrow

2. hedge sparrow, sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularisnoun

   small brownish European songbird

   Synonyms:
   dunnock, true sparrow, hedge sparrow

Matched Categories

1. • Accentor
   • Passerine

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

1. List of paraphrases for "sparrow":

   bruant, piaf, mccown, birdie, longspur, bunting, henslow, mahjong, fip, lark

Suggested Resources

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   Song lyrics by sparrow -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by sparrow on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to use sparrow in a sentence?

1. Eric Berne:

   The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

2. Henry David Thoreau:

   I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.

3. Alfred A. Montapert:

   Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.

4. Anouk Aimee:

   Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn.

5. William Shakespeare:

   Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all: since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is't to leave betimes?