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

1 sense of spay

Sense 1
alter, neuter, spay, castrate -- (remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?")
       => sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix -- (make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized")

Antonyms of adj spayed

1 sense of spayed

Sense 1
spayed -- ((of a female animal) having the ovaries removed)

INDIRECT (VIA castrated) -> uncastrated -- (not castrated)

Similarity of adj spayed

1 sense of spayed

Sense 1
spayed -- ((of a female animal) having the ovaries removed)
       => castrated (vs. uncastrated), unsexed -- (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)

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