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Synonyms for dog

Most common

hound heel fool cad hot-dog frank click animal

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Morally reprehensible person

hound, heel, fool, cad, scoundrel, blackguard, bounder

2. Wiener

hot-dog, wiener UK US CA, frank, frankfurter UK US CA, weenie slang, wienerwurst rare

3. Mechanical device — A mechanical device or support, A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain…

click, pallet, pawl, detent, ratchet

4. Pig — A person, Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily

animal, pig, domestic dog

Verb

1. Tail — to pursue with the intent to catch

tail, chase, trail, tag, go after, track, chase after, give chase, follow, pursue

2. Soldier — to intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished

soldier, gold brick

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person: Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

  2. n. 2

    A mechanical device or support: A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.

  3. v. 1

    To pursue with the intent to catch.

  4. v. 2

    To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

    A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.

Forms

Plural
dogs → hounds, heels, fools, cads…
Past participle
dogged
e.g. dogged → tailed, chased, trailed, tagged…

Example sentences

  • fool They made a fool of him in the presence of ladies.
  • hound Spring over the ground like a hunting hound.
  • scoundrel Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dogrising
foolrising
houndrising
scoundrelrising
blackguardrising

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

By length

3 letters
man1, guy1, bag1, tag1, pig1, pup1, cad1, vex1
4 letters
fool1, tail1, bait1, heel1, pawl
5 letters
track1, frank1, click1, bitch1, worry2, harry2, trail1, chase1, puppy2, hound1, doggy2, beset2, pooch1, whelp
6 letters
follow2, animal3, pursue2, plague1, badger2, canine2, harass2, wiener2, pallet2, weenie, pester2, detent
7 letters
soldier2, ratchet2, mongrel, whippet, bedevil3, bounder2
9 letters
scoundrel2
10 letters
blackguard
11 letters
frankfurter3, wienerwurst

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
chien
Italiano
cane
Español
perro
Deutsch
Hund
Català
gos