Synonyms for snake
Most common
serpent quisling treasonist black snake northern pike ophidian wirepuller
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Serpent — A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person
serpent, reptile, traitor, double-dealer, betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, treasonist, cockatrice dated
3. Auger — A tool for unclogging plumbing
Other
black snake, northern pike, ophidian, wirepuller, trouser snake vulgar slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.
Near-synonyms: rat; see also Thesaurus:betrayer
- n. 2
A tool for unclogging plumbing.
- n. 3
An informer; a rat.
Gem’s a snake for Kamale, man.
Related words
- Word family
- snakeberry snakebird snakedom snake-eel snakefish snake-fright snakehead snakehood
- Phrases
- snake pit snake doctor snake feeder plumber's snake grass snake snake fear garter snake go snake
- Is a kind of
- reptile vertebrate animal jerk person
- Other spellings
- snek
Forms
- Plural
- snakes → serpents, reptiles, traitors, double-dealers…
Example sentences
- serpent The word "serpent" comes from the Latin "serpare".
By length
- 3 letters
- rat1
- 4 letters
- fink1
- 5 letters
- sneak1, auger2
- 6 letters
- snitch1
- 7 letters
- traitor2, serpent2, reptile2
- 8 letters
- informer3, betrayer, quisling2, ophidian
- 10 letters
- cockatrice, treasonist, wirepuller
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (auger2 = 2 syllables).