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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2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hog

as in corners

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Recent Examples of hogs

Noun

Fishmeal helped fuel the post-World War II expansion of industrial chicken and hog farming, particularly in Europe and the United States. — Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Bubba’s had been closed for an extended period while Miller recovered from spinal fusion surgery that left him unable to load hogs onto a smoker. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026 Emotionally, though, Proposition 40 has sharpened people’s views of billionaires—as heroic innovators and job creators, or as oligarchical resource hogs. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 But raising hogs was physically demanding work and became less profitable for the family over time, Faaborg said. — Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026 In the public imagination, Housewives with a capital H are fame-hungry attention hogs who would rather throw the $400 bottle of Château Brane-Cantenac Margaux that’s sitting in front of us than sip it, as Cosby is hesitantly doing now. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026 But both the National Pork Board and the National Pork Producers Council work to protect and expand a hyper-industrial vision of American hog farming. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026 But Devaughn Vele was a target hog late last year, and with rookie Jordyn Tyson sidelined, Vele could be a nice surprise. — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogs

Noun

But she was treated with heparin, an anticoagulant derived from intestinal tissue of pigs.

— Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
The latter is a flexible, breathable hide of pigs and has been used to make products such as shoes, purses, wallets and early forms of sports equipment.

— Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of pigs

Verb

When the 6-foot-3, 324-pound nose tackle consumes multiple blockers, that allows Dolphins linebackers Jacob Rodriguez and Jordyn Brooks to roam free and see the high tackle production.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
The combination of social media and streaming created a world where everyone consumes content at virtually every moment of the day.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026