Synonyms for cog

Most common

wheel · gear · gear wheel · sprocket

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A tooth on a gear.

Related words

Word family

coggle cogsucker

Phrases

cog fog cog mill cog railway cog wheel

Other spellings

cogue

Forms

Plural

cogs → gears, wheels, sprockets, boats…

Example sentences

• wheel Robert is the fifth wheel on the safety committee.
• gear We had to gear our lives to the new circumstances.
• sprocket Prise off the circlip fastening the sprocket to the hub.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

boat¹, gear¹

5 letters

wheel¹, tooth¹

8 letters

sprocket²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sprocket² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

rouage

Español

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