SHARKS Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

sharks

noun

plural of shark

as in dodgers

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

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as in experts

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

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as in predators

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 sharks The practice of cutting fins off live sharks and throwing the carcasses back into the sea is banned in much of the Pacific Ocean, but persists due to demand in East and Southeast Asia. — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 DeRisi told me how, a few years ago, there was a large die-off of leopard sharks in the San Francisco Bay. — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026 What the image doesn’t show is that after the kill, other scavengers, including silky sharks, were drawn to the remains, showing how one event can impact and nurture an entire marine food web. — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 However, the truth is, leagues like this and the WNBA are nothing but remoras, the fish that stick to sharks and feed off of them. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Whales and sharks breach and hunt in the waters beyond the thick kelp forests that tickle its edges. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 The sharks were identified as juvenile spiny dogfish, a small species of shark commonly found along the Atlantic coast. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 The sharks were believed to be young dogfish sharks, Stephen Nagiewicz, an adjunct professor of marine science at Stockton University, told CBS Philadelphia. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Moray eels and octopuses sometimes emerge from rocky crevices, while juvenile sharks may glide through the pool. — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026

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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 dodgers

Noun

Industry experts generally expect crude oil and LNG tankers to be granted priority clearance due to their criticality to global energy supplies, while container ships and other cargo vessels may face longer wait times.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
In recent studies by AccuWeather experts, excessive rainfall can contribute to insect and fungus damage in parts of Pennsylvania, which may lead to duller colors and earlier leaf drop.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of experts

Noun

Dolphins are versatile predators that adjust their diet based on local prey availability, Callan said.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
Unfortunately, there are a lot of examples of these predators and the way that the justice system can’t really provide peace for survivors of these things.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of predators

Noun

Sometimes, the fourth-grader asks Robo-Dad for Minecraft cheats.

— Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
Her most notable reporting has been about taxes, including exposing billionaire tax cheats and writing cover stories on tax shelters (corporate and individual), tax evasion, and tax policy.

— Forbes Membership, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026

Definition of cheats

Noun

This coexistence of one god and many gods may initially appear contradictory, but a clearer picture emerges by tracing the history of how Hindu texts, traditions, and thinkers—and some Western scholars—have answered this question.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
But legal scholars say those cases are different because the doctors weren't in Louisiana and never fled the state and became fugitives.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of scholars

Noun

He was born in Hialeah and went to the University of Miami and later received masters degrees in criminal justice and public administration from Florida International University.

— Gray Rohrer, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Mixed doubles showcases one of tennis’ greatest strengths — seeing the best athletes in the world share a court — but this version of it also pits the masters of a discipline against the biggest stars of a sport.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of masters

Noun

Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
He was investigated by the SS on the orders of Heinrich Himmler but convinced his investigators, all adepts of Deutsche Physik, that he was engaged in worthwhile teaching and research.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

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