Synonyms for sneer
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.
- n. 1
A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.
Related words
- Word family
- sneerer sneerful sneeringly
- Phrases
- sneer quote
- Is a kind of
- revile
Choose the right word
A fling is careless and commonly pettish; a taunt is intentionally insulting and provoking; the sneer is supercilious; the taunt is defiant.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- scorn Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
- scoff It's easy to scoff; it's better to understand.
- deride They constantly taunt and deride others.
- jeer The crowd continued to jeer.
By length
- 4 letters
- mock1, lear1, twit, jibe1, gird1, jeer1, gibe1, jape
- 5 letters
- scout1, scorn1, taunt1, smirk1, scoff1, chaff1, flout1, fleer1
- 6 letters
- insult2, deride2
- 7 letters
- sarcasm3, disdain2, mockery3, jeering2, contemn2
- 8 letters
- contempt2, ridicule3, derision3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (insult2 = 2 syllables).