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Synonyms for horn

  • noun

Most common

trumpet trombone bugle cornet klaxon hooter saddle horn antler

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Trumpet

trumpet, cornet, trombone, bugle, trump

2. Hooter — A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle

hooter, klaxon

3. Dog and bone — A telephone

blower, phone, dog and bone slang UK

4. Boner — an erection of the penis

boner, stiffy, hard-on vulgar slang

Other

antler, gore, saddle horn, armor US, armour UK, telephone, peninsula, funnel, cuckold, creatine, ceratin US, creatin UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

  2. n. 2

    A telephone.

    Get him on the horn so that we can have a discussion about this.

  3. n. 3

    An erection of the penis.

  4. n. 4

    A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

Related words

Word family
hornbeam hornblower horned horner hornlike hornpipe hornpout hornsman
Phrases
party horn horn in horn of plenty alto horn bass horn horn pipe ram's horn tenor horn

Forms

Plural
horns → trumpets, cornets, trombones, bugles…

Example sentences

  • trumpet Tom doesn't want to learn how to play the trumpet.
  • trombone I didn't know Tom could play the trombone so well.
  • bugle Tom played Reveille on his bugle every morning.
  • cornet Tom lifted his cornet and began to play a bright march.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hornsteady
trumpetrising
trombonesteady
buglesteady
cornetsteady
klaxonrising

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

By length

4 letters
gore1
5 letters
phone1, trump1, armor2, boner2, bugle2
6 letters
armour2, funnel2, blower2, cornet2, antler2, hooter2, klaxon, stiffy
7 letters
trumpet2, cuckold, creatin, ceratin
8 letters
trombone2, creatine
9 letters
telephone3, peninsula4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (armor2 = 2 syllables).

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