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

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hogs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hog

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Recent Examples of hogs

Noun

These companies went from being these cash-rich, asset-light, beautiful vehicles to becoming these bloated asset hogs. — Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026 Feral hogs reproduce quickly, have few natural predators and have dramatically expanded their range. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas USA Miss Kansas USA Madilynn Becker grew up showing livestock in the 4-H circuit, where youth can show animals like hogs, cows, and, in Becker’s case, lambs. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026 Hewitt, 67, was born and raised in Grimes, and has entered the husband calling contest and hog calling contest many times, but only ever placed as high as second. — Celia Brocker, Des Moines Register, 21 Aug. 2026 Because across the shoulders, one of those big hogs is way more dense than a grizzly bear. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026 Basic economic theory says landowners would wait for others to spend the time, money and energy to control hogs—which means nobody does, and the problems grow. — Chris Boyer, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2026 In counties where hog eradication efforts were coordinated, however, the average claim for cornfield acres damaged from wildlife declined to 10 acres per policy. — Aaron Smith, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogs

Noun

Such behavior has previously been seen in animals including chimpanzees, pigs, and dolphins, who have been observed teaching family members how to get food with different types of tools.

— Isabel Gil, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026
Bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered.

— Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

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Verb

At risk of power shortages A single large AI data center now consumes as much electricity as a city of 80,000 people, Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla wrote in Fortune this year, and companies are building hundreds of them at once.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
That figure assumes the vehicle consumes 100 watt-hours per mile and its solar panels deliver at least four kWh of usable energy to the battery during the day.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026