en red herring

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: DBPedia 2015, German Wiktionary, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • en preliminary prospectus (n, communication) ➜
  • en smoked herring (n, food) ➜
  • fi harhautus (n, act) ➜
  • fi hämäys (n, act) ➜
  • fi savusilli (n, food) ➜
  • fr hareng saur (n, food) ➜
  • th ปลาเฮอร์ริ่งรมควัน (n, food) ➜
  • de ablenkungsmanöver (n) ➜
  • de bückling (n) ➜
  • de roter hering (n) ➜
  • en macguffin (n) ➜
  • de bückling ➜
  • el καπνιστη ρεγγα ➜
  • fi savusilli ➜
  • fr hareng saur ➜
  • hu füstölt hering ➜
  • nl bokking ➜
  • nl gerookte haring ➜
  • ru копчёная селёдка ➜
  • sv böckling ➜
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Related terms

  • ar تعلة (n) ➜
  • de bückling (n) ➜
  • en chewbacca defense ➜
  • en clue (n) ➜
  • en diversion (n) ➜
  • en key to midway ➜
  • en lead by nose (v) ➜
  • en clue ➜
  • en decoy ➜
  • en diversion ➜
  • en evidence ➜
  • en kipper ➜
  • en lead by nose ➜
  • en lead someone down garden path ➜
  • en misleading ➜
  • en wild goose chase ➜
  • fr faux ➜
  • fr hareng saur ➜
  • fr piste ➜
  • en red herrings (n) ➜
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red herring is a type of…

  • en diversion (n, act) ➜
  • en herring (n, food) ➜
  • en magazine (n) ➜

Derived from

  • en herring (n) ➜
  • en red (a) ➜

Word forms

  • en red herrings (n) ➜

Etymologically related

  • en neither fish flesh nor fowl ➜
  • en neither fish flesh nor good red herring ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 100351704-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 107814209-n
  • dbpedia.org Red Herring (magazine)
  • wikidata.dbpedia.org /resource/Q432147
  • en.wiktionary.org red herring
  • fr.wiktionary.org red herring
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