Synonyms for paw

Most common

foot · mitt · manus · touch-up

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

2. n. 2

   A hand.

   Get your grubby paws off my things!

Related words

Word family

pawmark pawpad pawtism

Phrases

bear paw grinch paw kangaroo paw cat's-paw

Is a kind of

extremity ba baba da dad

Forms

Plural

paws → hands, mitts, dads, touch-ups…

Example sentences

• foot It takes you an hour to go to the station on foot.
• mitt Are you a supporter of Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

dad¹

4 letters

hand¹, foot¹, mitt¹

5 letters

manus²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (manus² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

patte

Italiano

zampa

Deutsch

Pfote