HOGS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

hogs 1 of 2

noun

variants also hog

plural of hog

as in pigs

one who eats greedily or too much if I had known that my guests were going to be such hogs, I would have prepared twice as much food

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

hogs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hog

as in corners

Related Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of hogs

Noun

Feral horses, hogs and deer roam freely across the 18-mile island. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026 For an hour the hog circled the stump as the lady screamed for help. — Jack Wingate As Told To John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2026 But patch-nosed snakes, leaf-nosed snakes, hook-nosed snakes, and hog-nosed snakes primarily dig to find food, according to Amarello. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 7 Nov. 2026 This particular hog was raised at PT Ranch in Ione, about an hour southeast of Sacramento in Amador County. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026 It is anchored by Rochester and the Mayo Clinic in the east and by hog farms and pork producers in the west, with farmland and countryside in between. — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Even without the hog races, the tailgate seemed to be a success with big crowds on hand to greet Jason Kelce. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogs

Noun

In Nolan’s version, Odysseus and his men come across Circe, a witch who transforms Odysseus’ men into pigs.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026
At its entrance is Carousel Columbia — a rare double-decker attraction, reputedly the tallest in the world, that is also notable for having an array of animals besides horses to ride on, including pigs and rabbits.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of pigs

Verb

Torus also says Foundry uses a closed-loop, waterless cooling system that consumes 95 percent less water than evaporative cooling systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
In this conception of macroeconomics, the economy consists of a massive input-output table where every cell in the matrix is a sector that consumes other cells’ outputs and provides inputs to other producers.

— Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026