crab - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply

Synonyms

• crab

More generic

• row
• rowing

Noun

decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

Synonyms

• crab

More generic

• decapod
• decapod crustacean

More specific

• Alaska crab
• Alaska king crab
• Alaskan king crab
• Cancer borealis
• Cancer irroratus
• Cancer magister
• Dungeness crab
• Jonah crab
• Menippe mercenaria
• Paralithodes camtschatica
• fiddler crab
• hard-shell crab
• king crab
• pea crab
• rock crab
• soft-shell crab
• soft-shelled crab
• spider crab
• stone crab
• swimming crab

Related

• Brachyura
• suborder Brachyura

Noun

a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

Synonyms

• Phthirius pubis
• crab
• crab louse
• pubic louse

More generic

• louse
• sucking louse

Related

• Phthirius
• Phthirus
• genus Phthirius
• genus Phthirus

Noun

the edible flesh of any of various crabs

Synonyms

• crab
• crabmeat

More generic

• shellfish

More specific

• Alaska crab
• Alaska king crab
• Alaskan king crab
• Dungeness crab
• Japanese crab
• blue crab
• crab legs
• king crab
• soft-shell crab
• soft-shelled crab
• stone crab

Related

• crab cocktail

Noun

the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

Synonyms

• Cancer
• Cancer the Crab
• Crab

Noun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

Synonyms

• Cancer
• Crab

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

Noun

a quarrelsome grouch

Synonyms

• crab
• crabby person

More generic

• churl
• crank
• crosspatch
• grouch
• grump

Verb

complain

Synonyms

• beef
• bellyache
• bitch
• crab
• gripe
• grouse
• holler
• squawk

More generic

• complain
• kick
• kvetch
• plain
• quetch
• sound off

Verb

fish for crab

Synonyms

• crab

More generic

• fish

Verb

scurry sideways like a crab

Synonyms

• crab

More generic

• scamper
• scurry
• scuttle
• skitter

Verb

direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

Synonyms

• crab

More generic

• channelise
• channelize
• direct
• guide
• head
• maneuver
• manoeuver
• manoeuvre
• point
• steer

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