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

Need another word that means the same as “pool”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “pool” in this overview.

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Pool as a Noun
Definitions of "Pool" as a noun
Synonyms of "Pool" as a noun (11 Words)
Usage Examples of "Pool" as a noun
Associations of "Pool" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Pool” are: puddle, consortium, syndicate, kitty, pond, pocket billiards, swimming pool, baths, lido, piscina, plunge pool

Pool as a Noun

Definitions of "Pool" as a noun

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

An association of companies for some definite purpose.
An organization of people or resources that can be shared.
The combined stakes of the betters.
Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets.
A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid.
A shallow patch of liquid lying on a surface.
A small lake.
Any communal combination of funds.
An excavation that is (usually) filled with water.
A small area of still water, typically one formed naturally.
A swimming pool.
Something resembling a pool of liquid.
A deep place in a river.

Synonyms of "Pool" as a noun (11 Words)

baths	A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
consortium	The right of association and companionship with one’s husband or wife. The amount awarded for loss of consortium* must be included.*
kitty	A fund of money for communal use, made up of contributions from a group of people.
lido	A public open-air swimming pool or bathing beach.
piscina	A stone basin near the altar in Catholic and pre-Reformation churches for draining water used in the Mass.
plunge pool	A steep and rapid fall.
pocket billiards	The space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left.
pond	A small body of still water formed naturally or by artificial means. A garden pond.
puddle	Something resembling a pool of liquid. A little puddle* of light.*
swimming pool	The act of swimming.
syndicate	An association of companies for some definite purpose. Large scale buyouts involving a syndicate* of financial institutions.*

Usage Examples of "Pool" as a noun

I spent all my time lounging around the pool.
A car pool.
A pool of blood.
He stood in a pool of light.
The lamps cast pools of light on the wet streets.
Everyone contributed to the pool.
When he was first hired he was assigned to the pool.
We soon reached the pool at the foot of the waterfall.
A secretarial pool.
The body lay in a pool of blood.

Associations of "Pool" (30 Words)

amphibian	Relating to amphibians. Amphibian eggs.
aquatic	An aquatic plant or animal especially one suitable for a pond or aquarium. Water lilies are aquatic* plants.*
backwater	A place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring. The country is an economic backwater.
bathing	The act of washing yourself (or another person.
cavern	Hollow out as if making a cavern. A dark cavern* of a shop.*
dive	A sudden movement in a specified direction. She walked to the deep end then she dived in.
divers	Many and different. A person of diverse talents.
fish	Catch or try to catch fish typically by using a net or hook and line. Many of the lochs we used to fish* are now affected by forestry.*
frog	Hunt frogs for food.
gully	A fielder at gully. He was caught in the gully* by Jones.*
lagoon	A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
marine	Relating to or found in the sea. Marine plants and animals such as seaweed and whales.
pond	Hold back or dam up flowing water or another liquid to form a pond. The lava can t flow away and gets ponded up in the crater.
puddle	Knead clay and sand into puddle. Puddled mire.
reef	Reduce a sail by taking in a reef. Reef the sailboat s mast.
scuba	A device trade name Aqua Lung that lets divers breathe under water scuba is an acronym for self contained underwater breathing apparatus. I want to do some scuba.
sea	A roughly definable area of the sea. Rocky bays lapped by vivid blue sea.
seabed	The ground under the sea; the ocean floor.
soggy	Slow and apathetic. The chorus sing powerfully but the interpretation is ultimately soggy.
springboard	A platform fixed to the side of a tree and used by a lumberjack when working at some height from the ground. An economic plan that may be the springboard* for recovery.*
stagnant	Not growing or changing; without force or vitality. A stagnant* ditch.*
swampy	(of soil) soft and watery. Swampy bayous.
swim	The act of swimming. We went for a swim* in the river.*
swimmer	A sperm cell. The fastest freestyle swimmer* in the world.*
swimming	The act of swimming. Swimming eyes.
swimsuit	A woman’s one-piece swimming costume.
tadpole	The tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian (frog, toad, newt, or salamander), breathing through gills and lacking legs until the later stages of its development.
tarn	A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers. Malham Tarn.
terrapin	A freshwater turtle, especially one of the smaller kinds of the Old World.
toad	A contemptible or detestable person (used as a general term of abuse. You re an arrogant little toad.