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Synonyms for squeak

18 synonyms
1 antonym
1 meaning

verb
noun

Most common

creak screech whine screak

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Creak

creak, screech, whine, screak, squeal, skreak dated UK

Other

scrape, tell, drop a nickel, grass, snitch, peach, narc, grass up slang UK

Noun

squeaker, narrow escape, close call, close shave

Antonyms

All antonyms of squeak →

Definitions

v. 1
To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
n. 1
A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.

Related words

Word family: squeaky squeaker
Phrases: narrow squeak bubble and squeak

Forms

Plural: squeaks → squeakers…
Past participle: squeaked
e.g. squeaked → creaked, screeched, whined, screaked…

Example sentences

whine What possessed you to whine about "Jewish power" to me?
screech Magpies screech and blackbirds whistle.
creak Boris heard the wooden door to the cabin creak open.
scrape I can barely scrape by on what I'm making now.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
squeak		rising
whine		rising
screech		rising
creak		rising
screak		steady

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

By length

4 letters: tell¹, narc¹
5 letters: grass¹, peach¹, whine¹, creak¹
6 letters: scrape¹, snitch¹, squeal¹, screak, skreak
7 letters: screech¹
8 letters: squeaker²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (squeaker² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: crisser
Español: rechinar
Català: carrisquejar