"Catachresis" validity in different word game dictionaries
| Dictionary | Validity |
|---|---|
| Scrabble US(US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) | Yes |
| Scrabble UK(International - SOWPODS/CSW) | Yes |
| Words with Friends(WWF) | Yes |
"catachresis" Definition
- use of the wrong word for the context
- use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech (such as blind mouths)
"catachresis" Synonyms & Antonyms
"catachresis" synonyms:
- malapropism,
- misnomer,
- solecism,
- savagery,
- atrocity,
- cruelty,
- brutality,
- crudity,
- inhumanity,
- barbarity,
- viciousness,
- barbarousness,
- coarseness,
- misuse,
- outrage,
- ferociousness,
- vulgarism,
- bloodthirstiness,
- ruthlessness
"catachresis" antonyms:
- gentleness,
- kindness,
- niceness,
- praise,
Other 11-Letter Words With "c", "a", "t", "h", "r", "e", "s", "i"
- achondrites
- anthracites
- architraves
- archpriests
- arctophiles
- arithmetics
- atmospheric
- bichromates
- birthplaces
- cantharides
- catarrhines
- catechisers
- catechizers
- catheterise
- chainstores
- champerties
- charioteers
- charmingest
- chevrotains
- chiralities
- chitarrones
- chlorinates
- choirmaster
- dichromates
- dispatchers
- escharotics
- eucharistic
- haircutters
- hematocrits
- heptarchies
- hyperstatic
- interchains
- metachrosis
- mischanters
- orchestrina
- paresthetic
- pasticheurs
- pentarchies
- researchist
- revanchists
- schmaltzier
- scratchiest
- searchlight
- sphincteral
- spirochaete
- spirochetal
- starchiness
- starchitect
- tetrarchies
- tetrastichs
- theatricals
- theocracies
- treacheries
- tsareviches
- tzareviches
- ultrafiches
- birdwatches
- ditchwaters
- ethnarchies
- interarches
- achromatise
- brickearths
- carthamines
- cartophiles
- cashierment
- catheterism
- cesarevitch
- cesarewitch
- chatterings
- chloridates
- chrematists
- craunchiest
- creatorship
- curateships
- ecphractics
- emphractics
- haruspicate
- heptarchist
- hereticates
- hetaerismic
- hetaeristic
- hetairismic
- hetairistic
- heteroscian
- orthocaines
- pothecaries
- psychiaters
- rhachitises
- stanchering
- straichtest
- switchgears
- teachership
- telearchics
- theatricise
- theatricism
- theocrasies
- thersitical
- tovarisches
- trachearies
- trachinuses
- trachitises
- tsesarevich
- tsesarewich
- uncharities