Synonyms for amphibious
æmˈfɪb i əsam·phibi·ous

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1. amphibious, amphibianadjective

   relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia

   Synonyms:
   amphibian

   Antonyms:
   aquatic, submerged, subaquatic, subaqueous, submersed, onshore, overland, marine, terrestrial, underwater, semiaquatic

2. amphibiousadjective

   operating or living on land and in water

   "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals"

   Synonyms:
   amphibian

   Antonyms:
   submersed, marine, underwater, submerged, subaquatic, semiaquatic, aquatic, terrestrial, onshore, subaqueous, overland

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1. List of paraphrases for "amphibious":

   ground-water, amphibian

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1. Lawrence Peter Berra:

   He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

2. Bryan McGrath:

   We would be operationally and strategically short-sighted not to retain unique amphibious capabilities within the Navy and Marine Corps team.

3. Vasily Kashin:

   Before we had to use amphibious landing ships to carry supplies to Syria. But now they are not sufficient and we are creating a new class of military transports which are part of the navy but in fact are pure cargo ships.

4. Sam Tangredi:

   However, it was the overall might of US industry and the size of the US fleet (particularly its logistics and amphibious ships) that ground out victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy.

5. The Marine:

   Data collected and lessons learned during OT-1 will lay the groundwork for F-35B deployments aboard U.S. Navy amphibious carriers now that the U.S. Marine Corps' F-35B Lightning II aircraft reached initial operational capability (IOC) on July 31, 2015.