Synonyms for slobber

Most common

saliva · dribble · drool · drivel

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth.

2. n. 1

   Liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.

   There was dried slobber on his coat lapel.

Related words

Word family

slobbery slobberer

Forms

Plural

slobbers → foams…

Past participle

slobbered
e.g. slobbered → drooled, slavered, salivaed, driveled…

Example sentences

• saliva "The collar is slippery with dog saliva." "Yuck!"
• dribble He managed to dribble past all the defenders.
• drool Half the girls in this town drool over him.
• drivel Such drivel. And to top it off, you believe her?

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

foam¹

5 letters

drool¹

6 letters

saliva³, drivel², slaver

7 letters

dribble², slabber

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (saliva³ = 3 syllables).