Synonyms for turtle
ˈtɜr tltur·tle

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. turtleneck, turtle, polo-necknoun

   a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar

   Synonyms:
   polo-neck, turtleneck

2. turtleverb

   any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

   Synonyms:
   turtleneck, polo-neck

3. capsize, turtle, turn turtleverb

   overturn accidentally

   "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

   Synonyms:
   turn turtle, capsize

4. turtleverb

   hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation

   Synonyms:
   turn turtle, capsize

Matched Categories

1. • Hunt
   • Jersey
   • Overturn
   • Sweater

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. turtlenoun

   Synonyms:
   turtle-dove

2. turtlenoun

   Synonyms:
   sea-tortoise, marine tortoise

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. turtlenoun

   Synonyms:
   tortoise, terrapin

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "turtle":

   turtles, tortoise, tortue, blanding, stinkpot, spotted

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1. List of known nicknames for "Turtle":

   James Vincent

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1. J & A Foundation:

   A turtle with no legs tends not to go anywhere.

2. The Facebook post:

   Edisto Beach State Park sea turtle patrol had a very rare find during a routine nest inventory, three to five days after a sea turtle nest shows signs of a major emergence, we dig down to determine the success of the nest by counting the hatched eggs, unhatched eggs and on occasions also find live hatchlings. While performing an inventory this past Wednesday, patrollers and volunteers found three alive loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings still in the chamber, but one hatchling, in particular, stood out because it had two heads!

3. Eric Sutton:

   The illegal trade of turtles is having a global impact on many turtle species and our ecosystems.

4. Marc Hagan-Guirey:

   These are the product of a lot of patience and a lot of trial and error, for me, though, I link this back to my childhood. I've always made things out of stuff you'd otherwise put in the bin. My currency was toilet roll tubes and cereal boxes. I would make fortresses for my action figures out all sorts of things. Cleaned out tin cans with both ends opened made perfect sewer pipes for Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle action figures.

5. Gaberiel Bever:

   Turtles have been missing their Archaeopteryx, their missing link to the rest of the vertebrate tree, since Darwin told us that we should be looking for one, with Odontochelys, Pappochelys and now Eunotosaurus, we now have a remarkable series of transitional forms that take us from an almost lizard-like creature to the modern turtle body plan that is so interesting and bizarre.