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hound

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hound

1 a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes

in the yard an old hound greeted us with a single bark

Synonyms of hound

canine, dog, doggy (or doggie), pooch, tyke (also tike)

Words Related to hound

cur, mongrel, mutt

lapdog, pup, puppy, puppy dog, whelp

bandog, bird dog, coonhound, courser, gundog, hunter, sheepdog, sled dog, watchdog, wolf dog, wolfhound

guide dog, police dog, working dog

2 a person with a strong and habitual liking for something

a camera hound even before the baby arrived, he's now become obsessive

Synonyms of hound

addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué (also habitue), head, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker

Words Related to hound

admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante

authority, expert

adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary

advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter

partisan (also partizan), zealot

booster, rooter, well-wisher

Near Antonyms of hound

belittler, carper, critic, detractor

Antonyms of hound

3 a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

a no-good sneaky hound who disappeared with the lottery winnings he was supposed to share

Synonyms of hound

baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain, wretch

Words Related to hound

criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor

sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer

cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper

bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw

con, convict, jailbird

assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug

rough, rowdy, tough

loser, lowlife, neʼer-do-well, stinker, trash

Near Antonyms of hound

angel, innocent, saint

4 a person whose behavior is offensive to others

nobody could stand that low-down hound and his penchant for mean-spirited pranks

Synonyms of hound

bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin

Words Related to hound

barbarian, brute, caveman, Neanderthal, savage

loudmouth, vulgarian

lowlife, miscreant, rascal, rogue, roughneck, scab, scamp, scoundrel, villain, wretch

booby, doofus [slang], fool, jackass, nincompoop, ninny, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, nut, schmo (or schmoe) [slang]

airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dink [slang], dolt, dope, dork [slang], goon, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, turkey

brat, insolent, nuisance, pest, snip

snob, snoot, snot

dweeb [slang], nerd

Phrases Synonymous with hound

son of a gun

Near Antonyms of hound

hero, heroine, idol, role model

gentleman, lady

hound

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hound

1 to go after or on the track of

after the scandal came to light, the politician was hounded by reporters night and day

Synonyms of hound

bird-dog, chase, course, dog, follow, pursue, run, shadow, tag, tail, trace, track, trail

Words Related to hound

accompany, chaperone (or chaperon), escort

hunt, search (for), seek

eye, observe, watch

Phrases Synonymous with hound

run after

Near Antonyms of hound

Antonyms of hound

guide, lead, pilot

2 to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders

kept hounding his mother to let him drive her car until she gave in

Synonyms of hound

dog, henpeck, nag, needle, peck (at)

Words Related to hound

carp (at), fuss (about or over), nitpick

annoy, badger, bait, bother, bug, chivy (or chivvy), harass, harry, hassle, irk, pester, plague, ride, vex, yap (at)

egg, goad, incite, prod, prompt, spur, urge

exhort, insist, press, pressure, push

blandish, cajole, coax, wheedle

beg, importune, plead

Phrases Synonymous with hound

pick at

Near Antonyms of hound

commend, laud, praise, recommend, tout

acclaim, applaud, build up, eulogize, extol (also extoll)

Synonym Discussion of hound

bait, badger, heckle, hector, chivy, hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim.

- baited the chained dog

badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy.

- badgered her father for a car

heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker.

- drunks heckled the stand-up comic

hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering.

- football players hectored by their coach

chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging.

- chivied the new student mercilessly

hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing.

- hounded by creditors

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