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Synonyms for reptilian

Most common

reptile loathsome beggarly

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

2. Cold-blooded — cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile

cold-blooded, emotionless, viperish, viperous

3. Saurian — reptilelike

saurian, reptilelike, sauroid, reptilious dated

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Reptilelike.

  2. adj. 2

    Unthinking, low, base, contemptible.

  3. adj. 3

    Cold-blooded, treacherous, unavoidably selfish and hostile.

Related words

Word family
reptilianism reptilianness
Phrases
reptilian brain

Example sentences

  • reptile Smite his hard heart, and shake his reptile soul.
  • loathsome The loathsome Gadgols no longer dared come nigh.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
reptilianrising
reptilerising
loathsomerising
beggarlysteady

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

By length

3 letters
low1
4 letters
mean1, base1, vile1
5 letters
dirty2
6 letters
filthy2, shabby2, abject2, paltry2, scurvy, scummy
7 letters
reptile2, saurian, sauroid
8 letters
wretched2, degraded3, beggarly, viperish, viperous
9 letters
miserable4, loathsome2, execrable4
10 letters
despicable4, abominable5, reptilious
11 letters
emotionless, reptilelike
12 letters
contemptible4
13 letters
unmentionable5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).