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Synonyms for serpent

  • noun

Most common

snake reptile basilisk betrayer

All synonyms

Noun

1. Snake — A person who is subtle, malicious, treacherous, or deceiving

snake, basilisk, reptile, rat, betrayer, ophidian, traitor, double-dealer, double-crosser, quisling, treasonist, backstabber, remora, edder, adder dated UK, cockatrice dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who is subtle, malicious, treacherous, or deceiving.

Related words

Phrases
sea serpent serpent's tongue serpent gourd serpent radish serpent star

Forms

Plural
serpents → snakes, basilisks, reptiles, rats…

Example sentences

  • snake Tom didn't know what kind of snake had bitten him.
  • reptile Smite his hard heart, and shake his reptile soul.
  • basilisk The basilisk lizard is able to run on the surface of the water without sinking.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
serpentrising
snakerising
reptilerising
basiliskrising
betrayerrising

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

By length

3 letters
rat1
5 letters
snake1, adder2, edder
6 letters
remora
7 letters
traitor2, reptile2
8 letters
basilisk, betrayer, quisling2, ophidian
10 letters
cockatrice, treasonist
11 letters
backstabber

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adder2 = 2 syllables).