Synonyms for snipe

Most common

round · attack · assault · assail · snark · sharpshoot

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To hunt snipe.

2. n. 1

   Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

Related words

Word family

snipefish

Phrases

snipe hunt

Forms

Plural

snipes → bitches, piccolos…

Past participle

sniped
e.g. sniped → attacked, rounded, assaulted, assailed…

Example sentences

• round This fact shows that the earth goes round the sun.
• attack The fortress was secure from every kind of attack.
• assault Tom currently faces charges of aggravated assault.
• snark "Can I get a smile?" "I'm all out of those, but I've got plenty of snark."

Popularity over time

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

By length

5 letters

round¹, bitch¹, snark

6 letters

attack², assail²

7 letters

assault², piccolo³

10 letters

sharpshoot

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (attack² = 2 syllables).