SHARK Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

shark

noun

Definition of shark

as in dodger

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value a card shark

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Relevance

as in expert

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field a shark at calculus

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as in predator

a person who habitually preys upon others being a new arrival in Hollywood, she was easy prey for the sharks in the movie business

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prey

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Recent Examples of shark Then, the shark made a sharp U-Turn and splashed the surfer with its tail before swimming away. — Stephanie Zappelli, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026 In 2016's The Shallows, Blake Lively plays a surfer attacked by a shark in Mexico and stranded on a reef outcropping just 200 feet from shore. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026 Trawlers that fish off Greenland’s coast are having to compete for halibut and cod with Greenland sharks – the slowest sharks in the world and the second-largest carnivorous fish species. — Tim Backshall, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2026 Eleven people remain missing after an 89-hour search; several survivors suffered injuries consistent with shark bites. — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shark

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shark

Noun

The White House is now cracking down on these tariff dodgers.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.

— Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of dodger

Noun

Shane Hemphill is a landscape design expert and co-founder of Art of the Yard, a Denver company that specializes in water features and garden landscapes.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026
The planes landed safely at Paris' Orly Airport and bomb disposal experts conducted inspections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of expert

Noun

In plain sight It is being said that Brand was like Jimmy Savile – a predator hiding in plain sight, said John Sturgis in The Spectator.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 14 Nov. 2026
Dark clouds meant rain, a certain berry meant a sick stomach, and rustling grass might be wind or might be a predator.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of predator

Noun

Historians, scholars and philosophers are stepping in to offer some solutions and warnings.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
In 1709, the French scholar Antoine Galland was attempting to add a new volume to his wildly popular translation of One Thousand and One Nights, the first edition of its kind for a European audience.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of scholar

Noun

Garcia will play Mandy Alejandra Pike, a British Latina vampire whose maker, Vicente, has held her captive as the Plaza Theatre’s sole employee since 1939.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2026
Blue star falls victim to a cosmic vampire Each time the compact object reaches the point in its orbit that is closest to the luminous blue variable, its powerful gravity is able to pull material from the unstable star.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of vampire

Noun

The votes advanced a master funding agreement for the project and the expansion of a special financing district — which currently includes just the soccer stadium area — to cover most of the land in the 240-acre Railyards.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
In the decade since, UH has been mostly irrelevant, going through two different coaches and one bad extension before hiring Fritz, who has been a master program builder at every stop and every level.

— Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of master

Noun

The music world is in mourning Richard Lloyd, the guitar virtuoso from Television, the New York band that put CBGB on the map and kicked off the punk-rock explosion.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2026
Composer and piano virtuoso Clara Schumann, whose influence on 19th-century classical music is impossible to quantify.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of virtuoso

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