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

4 senses of salmon

Sense 1
salmon -- (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)
       => salmonid -- (soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters)
       => food fish -- (any fish used for food by human beings)

Sense 2
Salmon, Salmon River -- (a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Sense 3
salmon -- (flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae)
       => fish -- (the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish")

Sense 4
salmon -- (a pale pinkish orange color)
       => chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour -- (a color that has hue)

Antonyms of adj salmon

1 sense of salmon

Sense 1
pink-orange, pinkish-orange, salmon -- (of orange tinged with pink)

INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic, neutral -- (having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white")

Similarity of adj salmon

1 sense of salmon

Sense 1
pink-orange, pinkish-orange, salmon -- (of orange tinged with pink)
       => chromatic (vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue)