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Synonyms for beaver

Most common

hat high-hat opera hat silk hat rat fanny castorette

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Castor — A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between…

castor UK, caster US, castoreum dated

3. Beard — A beard or a bearded person

beard, beardy, beardo informal

4. Nest — the pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude…

nest vulgar, beav slang US CA

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.

  2. n. 2

    A beard or a bearded person.

  3. n. 3

    The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.

  4. n. 4

    A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.

Forms

Plural
beavers → hats, high-hats, stovepipes, toppers…

Example sentences

  • hat I asked her who the man wearing the white hat was.
  • rat He hollowed out a mountain only to pull out a rat.
  • fanny If my uncle had a fanny, he'd be my aunt.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
beaversteady
hatrising
ratfalling

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

By length

3 letters
hat1, cap1, rat1
4 letters
nest1, beav
5 letters
beard1, fanny2, vulva2
6 letters
castor2, topper2, caster2, beardy, beardo
9 letters
stovepipe, castoreum
10 letters
castorette

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fanny2 = 2 syllables).