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Synonyms for cockatrice

Most common

dragon snake rat serpent crocodile basilisk basilicock

All synonyms

Noun

1. Serpent — an evil, deceitful, or destructive person

serpent, dragon, snake, rat, double-dealer, traitor, harpy, betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, treasonist

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An evil, deceitful, or destructive person.

Related words

Is a kind of
chimera

Forms

Plural
cockatrices → serpents, dragons, snakes, rats…

Example sentences

  • dragon Beowulf decided to follow the dragon to its lair.
  • snake Tom didn't know what kind of snake had bitten him.
  • rat He hollowed out a mountain only to pull out a rat.
  • serpent The word "serpent" comes from the Latin "serpare".
  • crocodile The zebras can only see the eyes of the crocodile.
  • basilisk The basilisk lizard is able to run on the surface of the water without sinking.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cockatricerising
dragonrising
snakerising
ratfalling
serpentrising
crocodilerising

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

By length

3 letters
rat1
5 letters
snake1, whore1, harpy
6 letters
dragon2
7 letters
traitor2, serpent2
8 letters
betrayer, basilisk, quisling2
9 letters
crocodile3
10 letters
treasonist, basilicock

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dragon2 = 2 syllables).