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

2 senses of whale

Sense 1
giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale -- (a very large person; impressive in size or qualities)
       => large person -- (a person of greater than average size)

Sense 2
whale -- (any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head)
       => cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower -- (large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals)

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

1 sense of whale

Sense 1
whale -- (hunt for whales)
       => hunt, run, hunt down, track down -- (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods")