Defenition of the word albatross

• Defenition of the word albatross

  • Large sea bird, found chiefly in the southern oceans and northern Pacific, which has extraordinary powers of flight.
  • large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
  • (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck"
  • (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps

Synonyms for the word albatross

• • burden
  • encumbrance
  • impediment
  • millstone
  • mollymawk
  • shackle

Similar words in the albatross

• • albatross
  • albatross's
  • albatrosses

Meronymys for the word albatross

• • Diomedeidae
  • family Diomedeidae

Hyponyms for the word albatross

• • black-footed albatross
  • Diomedea exulans
  • Diomedea nigripes
  • gooney
  • gooney bird
  • goonie
  • goony
  • wandering albatross

Hypernyms for the word albatross

• • balk
  • baulk
  • check
  • deterrent
  • handicap
  • hinderance
  • hindrance
  • impediment
  • oceanic bird
  • pelagic bird

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