Wallace Synonyms

wôlis, wälis
Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sir william wallace
English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Edgar Wallace
  2. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. alfred russel wallace

Words Related to Wallace

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. campbell
  2. crawford
  3. mackenzie
  4. paterson
  5. wilson
  6. nicholson
  7. forsyth
  8. maclean
  9. robertson

Wallace Sentence Examples

  • Professor Wallace's words are "My authority for this belief is unquestionable.

  • The zoological boundary passing through the Bali Strait is called " Wallace's line," after the eminent naturalist who was its discoverer.

  • The influence of the Australian realm is indicated by a Megapode in Celebes, another in Borneo and Labuan, and a third in the Nicobar islands (which, however, like the Andamans, belong to the Indian province), but there are no cockatoos, these keeping strictly to the other side of Wallace's line, whence we started on this survey of the world's avifauna.

  • Macbeth is said to have slain Duncan in the first structure that gave its name to Castlehill, which was probably the building demolished in 1297 by the adherents of Wallace.

  • The occurrence of mammals of the Marsupial order in the Molucca Islands and Celebes, while none have been found in the adjacent islands of Java and Borneo, lying on the west of Wallace's line, or in the Indian region, shows that the margin of the Australian region has here been reached.

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