Thesaurus:gallows

Thesaurus:gallows

THESAURUS

gallows

English

Synonyms

• crook (obsolete)

• gallows

• gibbet

• nubbing cheat (obsolete, slang)

• Tyburn tree (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• ravenstone (historical)

Meronyms

• drop

• halter

• hangman's noose

• noose

• rope

• scaffold

• transom

Various

• gallows tree

• hanging tree

See also

• Thesaurus:die by hanging
• Thesaurus:gallows bird
• Thesaurus:hangworthy
• Thesaurus:kill by hanging

Further reading

• “975. scourge” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “gallows” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.