Synonyms for

Limb

Verb / lɪm / Another word for limb — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

A branch of a tree or a part of an animal's body that extends from the main part.

Synonyms & similar words

branch treebranch arm branch appendage member arm leg bough twig shoot extension outgrowth protrusion offshoot spur part portion section piece segment fragment bit

Synonyms by register

Formal

appendage extremity

Informal

arm leg branch

Literary

member bough

Antonyms

trunk torso body core stem shaft

Common collocations

  • upper limb
  • lower limb
  • lost a limb
  • amputate a limb
  • severed limb
  • all four limbs
  • a broken limb

Word family

noun limb
verb limb

Usage note

While 'limb' can refer to any major appendage of an animal, it is most commonly used to refer to arms and legs. The verb form 'to limb' means to provide with limbs.

Example sentences

  1. The bird perched on a limb of the tree.
  2. The dog lost a limb in an accident.
  3. The tree had several limbs that needed to be pruned.
  4. The octopus has eight limbs.
  5. She felt a strange sensation in her limb after the surgery.

Quotes

  • Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.
  • Love is a tree, and the lovers are its shade.
  • The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

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