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Synonyms for beak

Most common

nib pecker nose snout beak-head prow forestem

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Bill — A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying…

bill, nib, pecker, neb

2. Snout — A person's nose, especially one that is large and pointed

snout, nose, snoot, rostrum, nozzle, hooter, honker, schnoz, schnozzle slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.

  2. n. 2

    A person's nose, especially one that is large and pointed.

Related words

Word family
beakish beaklike beaky
Phrases
wet one's beak

Forms

Plural
beaks → bills, nibs, peckers, nebs…

Example sentences

  • nib Once the sketch is completed, ink it with a nib pen.
  • nose I don't poke my nose into other people's business.
  • snout Her sweet, kind face features a dainty pig's snout.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
beaksteady
nibrising
peckerrising
noserising
snoutfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bow1, nib1, neb
4 letters
bill1, nose1, stem1, prow1
5 letters
snout1, snoot
6 letters
nozzle2, pecker, hooter2, honker, schnoz
7 letters
rostrum2
8 letters
forestem
9 letters
schnozzle

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nozzle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
bec
Italiano
becco
Español
pico
Deutsch
Schnabel