Synonyms for beard

Most common

whiskers · muff · goatee · whisker · byssus

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

Related words

Word family

bearded beardless beardo beardtongue beardy

Phrases

old man's beard beard moss beard lichen beard grass beard pen beard pencil beard worm frost beard

Forms

Plural

beards → goatees, whiskers, muffs, byssuses…

Example sentences

• whiskers I asked you to trim Tom's claws, not his whiskers!
• goatee Flavio was a short overweight guy with a goatee.
• whisker The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

muff¹

6 letters

beaver², goatee², byssus

7 letters

whisker²

8 letters

whiskers²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beaver² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

barbe

Italiano

barba

Español

arista

Deutsch

Grat

Català

barba