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Synonyms for gander

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

butchers goose squiz

All synonyms

Noun

1. Butcher's hook — A glance, look

butchers, butcher's hook slang

Other

goose, squiz

Verb

look, glimpse, geek

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A glance, look.

    Have a gander at what he’s written.

  2. v. 1

    to ramble, wander

Related words

Phrases
take a gander

Forms

Plural
ganders → gooses, squizzes…
Past participle
gandered
e.g. gandered → looked, glimpsed, geeked…

Example sentences

  • butchers I thought you said Tom and Mary were butchers.
  • goose It looked like an eggcup suitable for a goose egg.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ganderrising
butcherssteady
gooserising
squizsteady

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

By length

4 letters
look1, geek1
5 letters
goose1, squiz
7 letters
glimpse1
8 letters
butchers2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (butchers2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
jars
Deutsch
Ganter