oliver

Speech parts

1. oliver - Noun

2. oliver - Adjective

3. Oliver - Proper noun

Meaning

An olive grove.

An olive tree.

A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Joseph Oliver King Oliver olive dead broken bent Brahms canned battered annihilated blasted blotto Oliver Twist ollie boozy
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Antonyms

level DRY straight moderate clean steady
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Phrases with the word

Oliver-McFarlane syndrome roland for an oliver give someone a roland for an oliver Oliver's sassafras Oliver's touch-me-not

Derivatives

oliver

Anagrams

virole violer

Examples

To Oliver Goldsmith, A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian, who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, and touched none that he did not adorn. Samuel Johnson

I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on. Angela Merkel

It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone. Anthony Hopkins

I've been dreaming of a time when The English are sick to death of Labour and Tories And spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell and denounce this royal line that still salutes him And will salute him forever. Morrissey

I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues. Eric Clapton

A Rowland for an Oliver. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

olivenite Olivenstein Olivenza Oliver County Oliver Cromwell Oliver Ellsworth