Greek

1 of 2

noun

ˈgrēk

: a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Greece

: a person of Greek descent

: the language used by the Greeks from prehistoric times to the present constituting a branch of Indo-European see Indo-European Languages Table

: ancient Greek as used from the time of the earliest records to the end of the second century a.d. see Indo-European Languages Table

often not capitalized [translation of Latin Graecum (in the medieval phrase Graecum est; non potest legi It is Greek; it cannot be read)] : something unintelligible

it's Greek to me

: a member of a Greek-letter fraternity or sorority

Greek

2 of 2

adjective

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Greece, the Greeks, or Greek

Greek architecture

: eastern orthodox

: of or relating to an Eastern church using the Byzantine rite in Greek

: of or relating to the established Orthodox church of Greece

: of or relating to fraternities or sororities

the Greek system

greek

noun

as in hot air

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

hot air
jazz
monkey business
gas
rigmarole
rigamarole
hocus-pocus
craziness
tomfoolery
monkeyshine(s)
double-talk
hoity-toity
shenanigan(s)
fudge
crock
nuts
idiocy
baloney
madness
punk
balderdash
nonsense
garbage
bunk
inaneness
twaddle
bull
boloney
witlessness
flapdoodle
foolery
claptrap
applesauce
beans
hogwash
insanity
fiddlesticks
bunkum
blatherskite
folderol
absurdity
absurdness
tosh
fiddle
blarney
bilge
rubbish
trumpery
blither
guff
imbecility
bosh
malarkey
moonshine
hoodoo
humbuggery
blather
tommyrot
lunacy
falderal
poppycock
buncombe
nerts
crapola
stupidity
malarky
inanity
hokeypokey
taradiddle
hokum
flannel
kookiness
piffle
codswallop
horsefeathers
blah
foolishness
hooey
tarradiddle
rot
drivel
folly
fatuity
trash
blah-blah
asininity
fiddle-faddle
drool
silliness
slush
humbug
muck
senselessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

rationality
sensibleness
sense
horse sense
reasonableness
wisdom
reasonability
judgement
judgment
levelheadedness
discernment
common sense

单词	Greek
释义	Greek 1 of 2 noun ˈgrēk 1 a : a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Greece b : a person of Greek descent 2 a : the language used by the Greeks from prehistoric times to the present constituting a branch of Indo-European see Indo-European Languages Table b : ancient Greek as used from the time of the earliest records to the end of the second century a.d. see Indo-European Languages Table c often not capitalized [translation of Latin Graecum (in the medieval phrase Graecum est; non potest legi It is Greek; it cannot be read)] : something unintelligible it's Greek to me 3 : a member of a Greek-letter fraternity or sorority Greek 2 of 2 adjective 1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of Greece, the Greeks, or Greek Greek architecture 2 a : eastern orthodox b : of or relating to an Eastern church using the Byzantine rite in Greek c : of or relating to the established Orthodox church of Greece 3 : of or relating to fraternities or sororities the Greek system Word History Etymology Noun Middle English Greke, from Old English Grēca, from Latin Graecus, from Greek Graikos First Known Use Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing Greek Greek cross Greek fire Greek salad Greek Orthodox Greek Revival Late Greek Middle Greek Greek Catholic Modern Greek Greek cross Greek fire Greek salad Greek Orthodox Greek Revival Late Greek Middle Greek Greek Catholic Modern Greek See More Kids Definition Greek 1 of 2 noun ˈgrēk 1 : a person born or living in Greece 2 : the language of the Greeks Greek 2 of 2 adjective : of or relating to Greece, its people, or the Greek language greek noun as in hot air Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance hot air jazz monkey business gas rigmarole rigamarole hocus-pocus craziness tomfoolery monkeyshine(s) double-talk hoity-toity shenanigan(s) fudge crock nuts idiocy baloney madness punk balderdash nonsense garbage bunk inaneness twaddle bull boloney witlessness flapdoodle foolery claptrap applesauce beans hogwash insanity fiddlesticks bunkum blatherskite folderol absurdity absurdness tosh fiddle blarney bilge rubbish trumpery blither guff imbecility bosh malarkey moonshine hoodoo humbuggery blather tommyrot lunacy falderal poppycock buncombe nerts crapola stupidity malarky inanity hokeypokey taradiddle hokum flannel kookiness piffle codswallop horsefeathers blah foolishness hooey tarradiddle rot drivel folly fatuity trash blah-blah asininity fiddle-faddle drool silliness slush humbug muck senselessness Antonyms & Near Antonyms rationality sensibleness sense horse sense reasonableness wisdom reasonability judgement judgment levelheadedness discernment common sense See More
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Greek

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Phrases Containing Greek

Kids Definition

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