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 first story was set in the 1980s while the second volume, recently wrapped, was set in the 1990s, at the dawn of the Internet age and culminated with a shocking finale that left readers’ jaws on the forest floor. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026

This cinches everything into place, while also tightening down the jaws of the hasps so they can't be opened until the Cordalock is unlocked. — Ben Coxworth july 18, New Atlas, 18 July 2026

Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Scylla pounces, snatching members of the crew between her jaws. — Chris Moody, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Kane spent more than a decade plugging away, loyally, at his first club, Tottenham Hotspur, a perpetual Premier League bridesmaid (or worse) whose name has become a byword for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

The front treble hook was embedded in the pike’s jaws but was no longer attached to the body of the plug. — Jack G. Mell, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026

Only once the animal was immobilized did the jaws come into play, and even then, likely not for a crushing kill. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Texture is paramount here; Gardner prefers a rib that forces your jaws to work a bit. — Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 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