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 Port of Los Angeles forklift driver was wearing a life vest and was floating away, out to sea -- cold, worried about sharks and drowning. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 20 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 There will also be presentations throughout the day on eagles, sharks, rays and sea turtles, as well as a wildlife surprise and arts and crafts. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 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

The images could also be used by predators who can threaten to send them to a potential victim’s parents or friends unless kids pay them or meet other demands.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
But the speedy predators have been unable to outrun a wasting disease that's killed billions of sea stars.

— John Ryan, NPR, 16 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

Only in the 21st century have historians and scholars in the study of religion pursued more cautious academic research on Hoodoo.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Gittelsohn, a painter who attended the now-shuttered San Francisco Art Institute in the 1970s, located across the street from the couple’s home, reached out to about 50 scholars and art experts about the origins of the bust.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of scholars

Noun

Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The show followed Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, as a high school student who also saves the world from vampires and demons.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026

Definition of vampires

Noun

The energetic margins may be condemned by the masters of cities, but cities would not be the same without them.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026
Thousands have attended Energy Healing Conference events in Utah, Montana and Idaho, where breathwork practitioners, Reiki masters and herbalists gather to dispense ancient wisdom.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of masters

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