caribe

C3A1R1I1B3E1

noun

piranha fish

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nouncaribe (plural caribes)

plural caribes

  1. piranha fish

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsmall voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals

Broader
characincharacin fishcharacid
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Spanishcaribe
  2. Englishcaribe

From Spanish caribe.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

caribe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caribe

MLA

“caribe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caribe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caribe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caribe.

Source: caribe on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.