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CARP: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CARP?

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Need another word that means the same as “carp”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “carp” in this overview.

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Carp as a Verb
Definitions of "Carp" as a verb
Synonyms of "Carp" as a verb (2 Words)
Associations of "Carp" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Carp” are: cavil, chicane

Carp as a Verb

Definitions of "Carp" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “carp” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Raise trivial objections.

Synonyms of "Carp" as a verb (2 Words)

cavil	Raise trivial objections. They cavilled at the cost.
chicane	Employ chicanery. Several employees were chicaned into giving their login information.

Associations of "Carp" (30 Words)

bass	A singer with a bass voice. His bass* voice rings out attractively.*
brook	A small stream. The Lake District boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks.
coastal	Located on or near or bordering on a coast. Coastal waters.
crab	The edible flesh of any of various crabs. Watermen were crabbing on the bay.
eel	The fatty flesh of eel an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America large eels are usually smoked or pickled.
fillet	A roller used to impress a fillet on the cover of a book. Roast fillet* of lamb.*
fish	Used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water e g cuttlefish shellfish jellyfish. Fish for compliments.
fishery	A place where fish are reared for commercial purposes.
fishing	The occupation of catching fish for a living. The area is renowned for its excellent deep sea fishing.
herring	A fairly small silvery fish which is most abundant in coastal waters and is of widespread commercial importance.
krill	Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales.
lamprey	Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue.
lobster	The flesh of the lobster as food. Lobster bisque.
mackerel	A predatory marine fish with a greenish-blue back, important as a food fish.
maritime	Bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea. Maritime farmers.
milt	A sperm-filled reproductive gland of a male fish.
minnow	Used in names of small freshwater fishes similar to the minnow e g mudminnow topminnow. The paper is a minnow* in the national newspaper mass market.*
pickerel	A small North American pike.
pike	Medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff superseded by the bayonet.
river	A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea a lake or another river. The river* was navigable for 50 miles.*
roach	A cockroach.
roe	The mass of eggs contained in the ovaries of a female fish or shellfish, especially when ripe and used as food; the full ovaries themselves. Lumpfish roe* is most like caviar.*
salmon	The flesh of the salmon as food. Ceanothus clad walls of salmon* brick.*
sea	A roughly definable area of the sea. There was still some sea* running.*
seafood	Shellfish and sea fish, served as food. A seafood* restaurant.*
seine	Fish with a seine catch fish with a seine. The fishermen then seine* the weir.*
squid	An artificial bait for fish imitating a squid in form. Fried squid* in pumpkin sauce.*
stingray	A bottom-dwelling marine ray with a flattened diamond-shaped body and a long poisonous serrated spine at the base of the tail.
trout	Flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes.
tuna	The flesh of the tuna as food.