MUNCHER Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

muncher

noun

Definition of muncher

as in hog

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Recent Examples of muncher Michael Kesselring is a bounce-back candidate that Grier essentially added for nothing to start upgrading an already suspect defense that will lose longtime minutes muncher Mario Ferraro to free agency. — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 28 June 2026

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Noun

The students and club members raise cows, goats, lambs, hogs, turkeys and more, spending hours feeding and training them daily and preparing them for showing.

— Heather McRea, Oc Register, 25 July 2026
From armrest hogs to aisle rushers, a new survey reveals the in-flight behaviors that frustrate American travelers most.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Definition of hog

Noun

Nighttime in the Okefenokee is filled with a wild cacophony — the choruses of pig frogs, hooting owls, crickets and sometimes the deep, nerve-jerking bellowing of bull alligators.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
Hoss and Howie are two oxen who live at the farm, and a pig cam lets the public keep tabs on new litters of piglets even when the fair isn’t running.

— Heather McRea, Oc Register, 25 July 2026

Definition of pig

Noun

The only conclusion left to draw is that the famed Portland toolmaker was at least partly inspired by its fellow pocket-stuffers in the lighter industry.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
The 6-3, 318-pound Hunter, mostly a run-stuffer in college, immediately becomes an important piece on Ejiro Evero’s defense until Wharton returns.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 21 May 2026

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