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Synonyms for grunt

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

go-fer lackey peon fungee fungy soldier rut oink

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Peon — A person who does ordinary and boring work

peon, lackey, go-fer

2. Fungee — A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt

fungee, fungy

Other

oink, soldier, rut, dog's body slang dated UK

Verb

growl, complain

Antonyms

pogue

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who does ordinary and boring work.

  2. n. 2

    A dessert of steamed berries and dough, usually blueberries; blueberry grunt.

  3. v. 1

    To make a grunt or grunts.

Related words

Word family
grungy grunt-horn grunter
Phrases
death grunt margate grunt

Forms

Plural
grunts → peons, lackeys, go-fers, oinks…
Past participle
grunted
e.g. grunted → growled, complained…

Example sentences

  • lackey You treat me like a lackey and I don't like it.
  • peon The boss treats her like a peon.
  • soldier He went to China as a soldier, never to come back.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gruntrising
lackeyrising
peonfalling

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

By length

3 letters
rut1
4 letters
peon2, oink
5 letters
growl1, fungy
6 letters
lackey2, fungee
7 letters
soldier2
8 letters
complain2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (peon2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
grognement