Synonyms for pig
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Dog — A person, Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily
animal, dog, glutton, cormorant, gourmand, gormandizer, gormandiser UK, gorger, greedyguts informal, belly-god dated, trencher-man dated, guttle dated UK, buzgut dated UK
2. Hog — any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for…
3. Bull — A person, A police officer
piglet, fuzz, policeman, dick, police, police officer, gendarme, shoat, bull slang US, piggy slang UK, copper slang, cop slang, bobby slang UK, barney slang US, peeler slang UK, bluecoat dated, oinker slang
Other
porker, sow, slob, elephant, ass, pigging, gilt UK, yilt UK, sloven, pigg UK, sow's baby slang dated UK, half a grunter slang dated UK
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus. A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- n. 2
A person: Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!
- n. 3
A person: A police officer.
The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs!” as he was arrested.
- v. 1
To give birth.
The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
Related words
- Word family
- pigboat pigfish pigflesh piggery piggy piggish piggyback pig-headed
- Phrases
- pig out sea pig guinea pig long pig water pig pig's cole pig's parsnip blind pig
- Is a kind of
- animal creature farm animal mammal omnivore
Example sentences
- dog I used a photo of my dog for my desktop wallpaper.
- pork Which would you rather eat tonight, beef or pork?
- hog Hey, don't hog them all up! Leave some for me, too.
- piglet Truffles is a pink piglet with purple hooves and green eyes.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pig | falling | |
| dog | rising | |
| gormandizer | steady | |
| gorger | steady | |
| pork | rising | |
| hog | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dog1, ass1, cop1, hog1, sow1
- 4 letters
- dick1, bull1, pork1, boar1, fuzz1, gilt1, slob1, suid, pigg1, yilt
- 5 letters
- bobby2, raven2, swine1, piggy2, shoat
- 6 letters
- police2, animal3, copper2, barney2, barrow2, devour3, farrow2, piglet2, peeler2, porker2, sloven, gorger, guttle, buzgut
- 7 letters
- glutton, pigging, grunter
- 8 letters
- elephant3, sixpence, gourmand2, gendarme2, bluecoat, squealer
- 9 letters
- policeman3, cormorant3
- 10 letters
- greedyguts
- 11 letters
- gormandizer, gormandiser
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bobby2 = 2 syllables).