greek

Speech parts

1. greek - Noun

2. greek - Adjective

3. greek - Verb

4. Greek - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

A swindler; a knave; a cheat.

Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hellenic grecian hellene Hellenic language russian german greece hebrew cypriot irishman roman arabic panhellenic latin english
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Antonyms

roman fact experience sense prudence intelligence
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Hypernyms

european indo-european Indo-Hittite Indo-European language

Hyponyms

dorian corinthian spartan Ancient Greek aeolian athenian

Phrases with the word

greek to me it's all Greek to me Doric Greek Koine Greek Archaic Greek greek god of the sea

Examples

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.' Immanuel Kant

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. Samuel Johnson

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. José Martí

If you see a Greek and a wolf, avoid the wolf and shoot the Greek. Sicilian Proverb

Wisdom doesn't always speak in greek and latin. American Proverb

Don't trust the Greek bearing gifts. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

greeeat greefe greegree Greek active greek actor greek adherent