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Synonyms for squab

Most common

piper bird chick dove doveling dovelet

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Squeaker — A fledgling (young) bird. A young dove or pigeon

squeaker informal, piper

Adjective

1. Plump — fat; thick; plump; bulky

plump, fat, thick, stout

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A fledgling (young) bird. A young dove or pigeon.

  2. adj. 1

    Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Related words

Word family
squabbish squabby

Forms

Plural
squabs → squeakers, pipers, birds, chicks…

Example sentences

  • piper Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
  • bird It is difficult to shoot a bird flying in the air.
  • chick Ziri has lost his job to a Eastern European chick.
  • dove The seagull dove into the river and caught a fish.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
squabsteady
pipersteady
birdsteady
chickfalling
doverising

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

By length

3 letters
fat1
4 letters
bird1, dove1
5 letters
thick1, chick1, piper2, stout1, plump1, birdy2
6 letters
dumpty2
7 letters
dovelet, squabby
8 letters
squeaker2, doveling

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (piper2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
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