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mouth

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mouth

1 the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal

  • the baby chicks opened their mouths very wide and chirped piteously when their mother came back with worms
Synonyms of mouth

chops, gob [chiefly British], kisser [slang], mug, piehole [slang], trap [slang], yap [slang]
Words Related to mouth

countenance, face, puss [slang], visage

muzzle

jaws, mandible, maxilla

gullet, maw

2 a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval

  • the boy usually makes a mouth when he gets an injection
Synonyms of mouth

face, frown, grimace, lower (also lour), moue, mow, mug, pout, scowl, snoot
Words Related to mouth

flinch, squinch, wince

growl, snarl

rictus, simper, smirk

scoff, sneer

glare, glower, look, stare
Near Antonyms of mouth

grin, laugh, smile

3 disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request

  • I won't tolerate you giving your mother mouth about everything
Synonyms of mouth

back talk, backchat, cheek, impertinence, impudence, insolence, sass, sauce
Words Related to mouth

comeback, rejoinder, retort, riposte, wisecrack

cuteness, discourtesy, disrespect, guff, impoliteness, nonsense, rudeness, tactlessness

audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brazenness

coarseness, crassness, crudity, vulgarity

abruptness, bluffness, bluntness, brusqueness, crossness, curtness, gruffness, surliness
Near Antonyms of mouth

civility, cordiality, courtesy, diplomacy, politeness, tactfulness

consideration, gallantry, gentility, graciousness, smoothness, suaveness, suavity

deference, respect

affability

4 a person who speaks for another or for a group

  • the press secretary is the official mouth of the administration
Synonyms of mouth

mouthpiece, point man, point person, prophet, speaker, spokesman, spokesperson
Words Related to mouth

spokesmodel, spokeswoman

front, promoter, shill

communicator, sayer, talker

agent, ambassador, delegate, emissary, envoy, representative

mouth

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mouth

1 to distort one's face

  • when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes
Synonyms of mouth

grimace, mug
Words Related to mouth

pout

contort, deform, twist, warp

frown, glare, gloom, glower, lower (also lour), scowl

gape, gaze, ogle, stare

growl, snarl, sneer

simper, smirk
Phrases Synonymous with mouth

make a face (or make faces), pull a face
Near Antonyms of mouth

beam, grin, smile

2 to speak softly and unclearly

  • the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath
Synonyms of mouth

chunter [British], grunt, mumble, murmur, mutter
Words Related to mouth

babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, maunder, prattle, ramble

breathe, gasp, pant, whisper

buzz
Near Antonyms of mouth

articulate, enunciate
Antonyms of mouth

speak out, speak up

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