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/θɪsl̩/ · noun
Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts..
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].
I wasn’t born of a whistle, or milked from a thistle at twilight / No; I was all horns and thorns, sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright
Here's a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’
Use thistle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thistle means Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].
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