Synonyms for nasal
- adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
- adj. 2
Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.
Related words
- Word family
- nasality nasalness
- Phrases
- inferior nasal concha nasal concha nasal irrigation nasal bone nasal cannula nasal consonant nasal discharge nasal douche
- Is a kind of
- sonorant resonant
Example sentences
- nosy Tom doesn't seem to be as nosy as Mary seems to be.
- pinched Ziri picked his daughter up and pinched her cheek.
By length
- 4 letters
- high1, nosy2
- 6 letters
- nosely, rhinal
- 7 letters
- pinched1
- 9 letters
- adenoidal
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nosy2 = 2 syllables).