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

2 senses of firth

Sense 1
Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth -- (English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960))
       INSTANCE OF=> linguist, linguistic scientist -- (a specialist in linguistics)

Sense 2
firth -- (a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland))
       => estuary -- (the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix)