Standard Lemma guide

fishes

name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: fĭʹshĭz
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɪz/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪʃɪz
  • CMU ARPABET: F IH1 SH AH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F IH1 SH IH0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Fish

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

plural of Fish

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of fish

multiple kinds of fish

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: universal

Examples

  • Coral bleaching threatens to disrupt the population equilibria of the reef’s fishes.
  • sleep with the fishes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

plural of fish

multiple individual fish

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: usually nonstandard or archaic or non-native speakers' English

Examples

  • I caught six fishes today!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

third-person singular simple present indicative of fish

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Examples

  • He’s on Klamath Lake; he often fishes from that lake.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Real reading context

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