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

4 senses of sole

Sense 1
sole -- (the underside of footwear or a golf club)
       => bottom, underside, undersurface -- (the lower side of anything)

Sense 2
sole, fillet of sole -- (lean flesh of any of several flatfish)
       => flatfish -- (sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets)

Sense 3
sole -- (the underside of the foot)
       => area, region -- (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region")

Sense 4
sole -- (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)
       => flatfish -- (any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side)
       => food fish -- (any fish used for food by human beings)

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

1 sense of sole

Sense 1
sole, resole -- (put a new sole on; "sole the shoes")
       => repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on -- (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please")

Antonyms of adj sole

2 senses of sole

Sense 1
exclusive, sole (prenominal) -- (not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication")

INDIRECT (VIA unshared) -> shared -- (have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately")

Sense 2
lone (prenominal), lonesome (prenominal), only (prenominal), sole (prenominal), solitary (prenominal) -- (being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky")

INDIRECT (VIA single) -> multiple -- (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit")

Similarity of adj sole

2 senses of sole

Sense 1
exclusive, sole (prenominal) -- (not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication")
       => unshared (vs. shared) -- (not shared)

Sense 2
lone (prenominal), lonesome (prenominal), only (prenominal), sole (prenominal), solitary (prenominal) -- (being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky")
       => single (vs. multiple) -- (existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness")

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