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Synonyms for snout

Most common

nose muzzle beak proboscis rostrum

All synonyms

Noun

Other

rostrum, neb, supergrass slang UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

    The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.

Related words

Phrases
snout moth snout beetle

Forms

Plural
snouts → muzzles, noses, beaks, proboscises…

Example sentences

  • nose I don't poke my nose into other people's business.
  • muzzle Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
  • beak They have a bent nose, like the beak of a crow.
  • rostrum They have a snout, or rostrum, that looks like a hedge-trimmer or a chainsaw.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
snoutfalling
noserising
muzzlerising
beaksteady
proboscisfalling
rostrumfalling

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

By length

3 letters
neb
4 letters
nose1, beak1
5 letters
trunk1, snoot
6 letters
muzzle2, nozzle2, hooter2, honker, schnoz
7 letters
rostrum2
9 letters
proboscis3, schnozzle
10 letters
supergrass

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (muzzle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
groin
Italiano
grugno
Español
jeta
Català
morro