JELLYFISH Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

jellyfish

noun

ˈje-lē-ˌfish

Definition of jellyfish

as in coward

a person without strength of character a jellyfish who was afraid to tell her boss that her latest brainstorm was just plain bad

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Recent Examples of jellyfish Illuminated jellyfish drifted above thousands of heads. — Bryan West, USA Today, 14 June 2026 While Pharrell and Adidas’ Jellyfish takes inspiration from the fluid form of a jellyfish, their next shoe is made to actually go into the water. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 June 2026 Some organisms are subjected to passive locomotion, carried by water or air (jellyfish, spiders), while many parasites (from ticks to hookworms) ride on or inside other animals. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 The lion's mane jellyfish has been spotted along the coast of Massachusetts and other New England states — and in higher-than-normal numbers usually seen at the start of summer, according to local outlets Cape Cod Times, Swampscott Tides and WCVB. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for jellyfish

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Noun

That’s the sign of a true coward.

— Maria Bamford, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026

Definition of coward

Noun

This highly competent, obsessive duo tumbles into a self-destructive cat-and-mouse dynamic — but who’s the cat and who’s the mouse?

— Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
Some pest control companies might include them in general pest control, whereas others include them in higher-tier plans or offer rat and mouse extermination as an add-on specialty service.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of mouse

Noun

First, the animals whose skins would become parchment—typically sheep or calves—had to be slaughtered; a complete bible required the skins of around five hundred sheep.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
The current owner’s father, Olcott Smith, a prominent Connecticut business leader, bought the land from one Everett Whiting, a sheep farmer whose own family roots here trace back to the 1600s.

— Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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