Thesaurus:lake

Thesaurus

lake

English

Noun

Sense: large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water

Synonyms

• lake
• loch

Hyponyms

• lakelet
• tarn

Hypernyms

• body of water    [⇒ thesaurus]
• landform    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• water    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

Standing inland bodies of water but not lakes

• lough
• plash
• pond
• pool
• billabong
• millpond
• polynya
• puddle

Artificial lakes and pools

• dam
• reservoir
• fish pond
• well

Instances

10 largest lakes

• Caspian Sea
• Superior
• Victoria
• Huron
• Michigan
• Tanganyika
• Baikal
• Great Bear Lake
• Malawi
• Great Slave Lake

See also

• Thesaurus:inlet
• Thesaurus:watercourse
• Category:en:Lakes

Further reading

• “343. lake” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “lake” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "lake" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• Lake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of lakes by area on Wikipedia.Wikipedia