Synonyms of jaws

jaws 1 of 2

noun

plural of jaw

as in talks

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this

now that he's retired, he's got all afternoon for a jaw with his friends at the senior center

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talks
• chats
• chatter
• table talk
• small talk
• jangle
• gab
• palavers
• chin music
• patter
• cackle
• natters
• causeries
• chitchats
• gossip
• gabfests
• raps
• tête-à-têtes
• confabulations
• chin-wag
• confabs
• debates
• dialogues
• discourses
• schmoozes
• conferences
• yaks
• symposia
• exchanges
• backchat
• happy talk
• yaps
• parleys
• colloquies
• yammers
• give-and-takes
• cross talk

jaws

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jaw

1

as in scolds

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

you don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolds
• lectures
• reprimands
• rags
• hammers
• blames
• calls down
• criticizes
• bawls out
• rails (at or against)
• dresses down
• attacks
• rants (at)
• scores
• lays into
• reams (out)
• tongue-lashes
• rates
• flays
• bastes
• faults
• upbraids
• rebukes
• chews out
• keelhauls
• berates
• reproaches
• takes to task
• admonishes
• mocks
• reads the riot act (to)
• chastises
• castigates
• lambastes
• pans
• lashes
• knocks
• slams
• scourges
• reprehends
• remonstrates (with)
• chides
• abuses
• crucifies
• assails
• condemns
• vituperates
• blasts
• reproves
• laces (into)
• reviles
• harangues
• excoriates
• denounces
• censures
• bad-mouths
• scoffs
• scorns
• ridicules
• disparages
• belittles
• disses
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• sanctions
• endorses
• praises
• extols
• lauds

2

as in chats

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

just a group of girls sitting around the locker room and jawing about the usual stuff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chats
• talks
• converses
• chins
• rattles
• gases
• prates
• chatters
• gabs
• cackles
• patters
• natters
• gabbles
• talks a blue streak
• raps
• jabbers
• kibitzes
• blows smoke
• runs on
• prattles
• schmoozes
• visits
• babbles
• palavers
• chaffers
• discusses
• blabs
• chews the fat
• twitters
• gossips
• shoots the breeze
• tattles
• expatiates
• yaps
• yaks
• descants
• yammers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jaws

Noun

The lizards look olive green or black, with cream or yellow stripes on their jaws and heads. —Julia Gomez, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026

Death’s endless pursuit, her exhausted legs running away from his jaws. —Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

The shift away from prolonged breast-feeding and toward mushy baby food has led to smaller jaws with less room for the tongue. —Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026

Just hours after dropping jaws with a bold icy hair transformation at Paris Fashion Week, Teyana Taylor was back stateside with her signature jet-black pixie and fearless sense of style on Tuesday night. —Lara Walsh, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026

The patch shows a large alligator skull with its jaws open wide next to a hooded skeleton holding a scythe. —Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026

The driver of that vehicle, Grace Owen, had to be extricated from her car with the jaws of life, her lawyer told the Herald. —Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026

Researchers believe those denticles in the upper and lower jaws likely rubbed together to grind food. —Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026

Researchers believe the denticles in the upper and lower jaws likely rubbed together to grind food. —Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026

Verb

Ben smashes chests and heads in, tears jaws out, rips faces off, and director Johannes Roberts makes sure to include brief close-ups of the carnage, lit just dimly enough to avoid truly grossing us out. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026