Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diamond
6 senses of diamond
Sense 1
diamond -- (a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem)
=> jewel, gem, precious stone -- (a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry)
Sense 2
diamond, adamant -- (very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem)
=> carbon, C, atomic number 6 -- (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
=> transparent gem -- (a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion)
Sense 3
rhombus, rhomb, diamond -- (a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram)
=> parallelogram -- (a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length)
Sense 4
diamond -- (a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were trumps")
=> playing card -- (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
Sense 5
baseball diamond, diamond, infield -- (the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate)
=> tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel -- (an extended area of land)
Sense 6
ball field, baseball field, diamond -- (the baseball playing field)
=> playing field, athletic field, playing area, field -- (a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field")