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Synonyms for gob

36 synonyms
3 antonyms
4 meanings

noun

Most common

mouth hole cake hole maw jack jack-tar heap oral cavity

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Maw

maw, mouth, face, cake hole, hole, mug, yap slang, puss slang, mush slang, trap slang, kisser slang

2. Jack-tar

jack-tar, jack, tar, old salt, sea dog, mariner, seaman, seafarer, sailor

3. Heap — A large amount

heap, oodles informal, deal, lot, mass, sum

4. Spit — saliva or phlegm

spit, saliva, sputum

Other

oral cavity, whoopee pie, chops, goaf, gobbin, bazoo slang US, gub slang

Antonyms

relish, modicum, smidge

All antonyms of gob →

Definitions

n. 1
Saliva or phlegm.
He spat a big ball of gob on to the pavement.
n. 2
A large amount.
n. 3
A lump of soft or sticky material.
n. 4
A whoopie pie.

Related words

Word family: gobble gobby
Phrases: dough gob gob iron gob job

Forms

Plural: gobs → maws, mouths, faces, holes…

Example sentences

mouth Grandfather talked to me with a pipe in his mouth.
hole Just once, I'd like to get a hole-in-one some day.
maw The black hole pulls the hapless star into its maw.
jack Jack and Betty have been going steady for a month.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
gob		steady
mouth		rising
hole		steady
maw		rising
jack		steady

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

By length

3 letters: lot¹, sum¹, mug¹, tar¹, maw¹, yap¹, gub
4 letters: face¹, deal¹, mass¹, jack¹, hole¹, trap¹, spit¹, heap¹, puss¹, mush¹, goaf
5 letters: mouth¹, chops¹, bazoo
6 letters: sailor², saliva³, seaman², kisser², oodles², sputum², gobbin
7 letters: mariner³
8 letters: seafarer³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sailor² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: gueule
Español: fauces
Deutsch: Maul