Synonyms for snag
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
3. Knot — A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch
Other
catch, obstacle, pinch, tooth, spur, fang, banger UK, projection, snaggletooth, snarler NZ
Definitions
- n. 1
A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- n. 2
One of the secondary branches of an antler.
- n. 3
A dead tree that remains standing.
- n. 4
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
Forms
- Plural
- snags → takes, rips, tears, splits…
Example sentences
- split That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.
- rent I can't afford to rent a house like this in Tokyo.
- rip What! This T-shirt is 3,000 yen? This is a rip-off!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| snag | rising | |
| split | rising | |
| rent | falling | |
| rip | rising | |
| protuberance | falling | |
| snaggletooth | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- rip1, rub1
- 4 letters
- take1, rent1, tear1, knot1, spur1, fang1, tyne1
- 5 letters
- point1, catch1, split1, tooth1, pinch1, hitch1
- 6 letters
- banger2
- 7 letters
- snarler
- 8 letters
- obstacle3
- 10 letters
- projection3
- 12 letters
- protuberance4, snaggletooth
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (banger2 = 2 syllables).