Word Explorer

Pinion

🔄 Synonyms of "Pinion"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
pennonnoun	A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
quillnoun	A pen made from a feather.
shacklenoun	(usually in the plural) A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.
quill feathernoun	Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird; sometimes termed a flight feather.
flight feathernoun	(ornithology) Any asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pinion"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
quillnoun	A pen made from a feather.
quill feathernoun	Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird; sometimes termed a flight feather.
flight feathernoun	(ornithology) Any asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird.
shacklenoun	(usually in the plural) A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.
pennonnoun	A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
gearnoun	(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
sprocketnoun	(mechanical engineering) A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
pulleynoun	(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
attacknoun	An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
steeringnoun	Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer.
companionnoun	A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
pinionists	—
wingletnoun	(aeronautics) A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
pigeonwingnoun	A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
wingpitnoun	The location under and at the base of the wing, where the axillary feathers are found (analogous to the armpit of an arm).
sarcelnoun	One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, especially a hawk.
feathernoun	A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
wingnoun	(zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
backwingverb	To flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum.
outwingnoun	In various birds, an outer wing