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Synonyms for snap

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

walk-over duck soup breeze cinch cracking clack grab ginger nut

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Cinch

cinch, piece of cake, walk-over, breeze, duck soup, child's play, picnic, pushover

2. Crack

crack, click UK, pop, cracking, clack, smack

3. Catch

catch, grab, snatch, clasp, snitch

4. Ginger nut

ginger nut, ginger snap, fig

Other

shot, spell, news flash, popper, press stud, fastening, break-down, energy, period, interval, elasticity, centering US, centring UK

Verb

1. Shoot

shoot, photograph, film

2. Bust

bust, tear, rupture

3. Lose it

lose it, lose one's temper, crash out slang

Other

bite, crackle, snarl, seize, flick, crepitate, decrepitate, jounce

Antonyms

rumble, hum, humming

All antonyms of snap →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.

  2. n. 2

    A sudden break.

  3. v. 1

    To fracture or break apart suddenly.

    He snapped his stick in anger.

  4. v. 2

    To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.

Related words

Word family
snap-in snap-link snappish snappy
Phrases
snap fastener snap back snap it up snap gun snap ring ginger snap cold snap soft snap
Is a kind of
sound

Forms

Plural
snaps → cinches, walk-overs, breezes, picnics…
Past participle
snapped
e.g. snapped → shot, photographed, filmed, busted…

Example sentences

  • breeze The leaves rustled in the gentle breeze of autumn.
  • cinch Can you cinch the belt a little tighter?
  • cracking One of Tom's bad habits is cracking his knuckles.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
snaprising
breezerising
cinchrising
crackingfalling

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

By length

3 letters
pop1, fig1
4 letters
shot1, film1, grab1, tear1, bite1, bust1
5 letters
catch1, click1, shoot1, crack1, spell1, seize1, smack1, flick1, clasp1, cinch1, clack1, snarl1
6 letters
energy3, period3, breeze1, picnic2, snatch1, snitch1, popper2, jounce
7 letters
rupture2, crackle2
8 letters
cracking2, interval3, pushover3, centring
9 letters
centering3, fastening3, crepitate
10 letters
photograph3, elasticity5
11 letters
decrepitate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (energy3 = 3 syllables).