Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cards

1 sense of cards

Sense 1
card game, cards -- (a game played with playing cards)
       => game -- (a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun card

11 senses of card

Sense 1
card -- (one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys")
       => paper -- (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Sense 2
card, identity card -- (a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in")
       => positive identification -- (evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people")

Sense 3
card -- (a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami")
       => correspondence -- (communication by the exchange of letters)

Sense 4
card -- (thin cardboard, usually rectangular)
       => cardboard, composition board -- (a stiff moderately thick paper)

Sense 5
wag, wit, card -- (a witty amusing person who makes jokes)
       => humorist, humourist -- (someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way)

Sense 6
poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card -- (a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions")
       => sign -- (a public display of a message; "he posted signs in all the shop windows")

Sense 7
calling card, visiting card, card -- (a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited)
       => greeting, salutation -- ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))

Sense 8
card, scorecard -- ((golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap")
       => record, record book, book -- (a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books")

Sense 9
menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, carte -- (a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French")
       => bill -- (a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare))

Sense 10
batting order, card, lineup -- ((baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate")
       => roll, roster -- (a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls")

Sense 11
circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in -- (a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities)
       => printed circuit -- (computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb card

2 senses of card

Sense 1
tease, card -- (separate the fibers of; "tease wool")
       => separate -- (divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff")

Sense 2
card -- (ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!")
       => see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure -- (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product")