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Synonyms for fang

Most common

tooth claw talon tusk root spike tang mandible

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

Forms

Plural
fangs → talons, claws, tusks, tangs…

Example sentences

  • tooth An adult tooth came in right next to a baby tooth.
  • claw Cookie hooked Elsabelle's blouse with his claw.
  • tusk One of the blind men touched the elephant's tusk.
  • root Quichua is like the root of the indigenous people.
  • spike Lukas noticed a spike strip in Amelia's driveway.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fangfalling
toothsteady
clawrising
talonrising
tusksteady
rootsteady

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

By length

4 letters
root1, claw1, tang1, tusk1, vang1
5 letters
tooth1, spike1, booty2, talon2, prong1
6 letters
cuspid
8 letters
mandible3
9 letters
fangtooth

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (booty2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
croc
Italiano
uncino
Español
garfio