Thesaurus:skull

Thesaurus:skull

THESAURUS

skull

English

Synonyms

• brain bucket (dated, informal)

• brainbox (informal)

• brainpan

• cranium

• harnpan

• skull

Hypernyms

• bone

Meronyms

• braincase

• cranium

• mandible

• maxilla

• zygomatic bone

• lacrimal bone

• nasal bone

• ethmoid bone

• sphenoid bone

• frontal bone

• temporal bone

• parietal bone

• occipital bone

Holonyms

• skeleton    [WS]

• head    [WS]

• body    [WS]

Further reading

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