Synonyms of noses

noses 1 of 2

noun

plural of nose

1

as in snouts

the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity

with that nose, the baby sure looks like his father

Synonyms & Similar Words

• snouts
• smellers
• nozzles
• proboscises
• beaks
• honkers
• conks
• schnozzes
• schnozzles
• snoots
• pugs
• nebs
• pugnoses

2

as in tips

the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow

bent the wire around the nose of the pliers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tips
• ends
• cusps
• apexes
• pike
• stickers
• nibs
• points
• prongs
• barbs
• tines
• prickles
• spikes
• snags
• pinpoints
• jags

noses

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of nose

1

as in sniffs

to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose

could nose the garbage from across the street

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sniffs
• smells
• inhales
• whiffs
• scents
• snuffs
• snorts
• breathes
• drinks (in)
• snuffles
• respires
• savors

2

as in messes

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern

a neighbor who likes to nose around in everyone else's business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• messes
• interferes
• pokes
• snoops
• intermeddles
• obtrudes
• meddles
• pries
• intervenes
• intrudes
• butts in
• interlopes
• fools
• mucks (about or around)
• monkeys
• fiddles
• intercedes
• trespasses
• invades
• encroaches
• tampers
• interposes
• chisels (in)
• infringes
• barges (in)
• plays

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• ignores
• shuns
• eschews
• neglects
• overlooks
• disregards

3

as in drags

to move slowly

the line to get tickets is just nosing, so we are going to be here for a while

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drags
• creeps
• pokes
• crawls
• inches
• slouches
• shuffles
• snails
• limps
• oozes
• creaks (along)
• plods
• tramps
• trudges
• shambles
• lumbers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• races
• flies
• speeds
• floats
• tears
• sails
• whizzes
• glides
• zips
• hurries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of noses

Noun

Now the smell has gone, unforgotten by elderly noses but irretrievably extinct. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

Machines meant to begin giving the shells perfectly smooth noses would, instead, mangle them into swirls that looked like soft-serve ice cream. — ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026

Organized crime operations from several cities, including Chicago, New York and Detroit, had established control of casinos up and down the Vegas Strip and devised schemes to skim percentages of the cash under the noses of state regulators. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

The presentation was fascinating — from the polka dots and lighting affects to the oversized noses (with Khn’s standing out like a French baguette and Klek’s swinging about like a cucumber taped where the nostrils should go). — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Attendees wore polka-dot outfits, a few hats with hot-dog noses, and their ages ranged from toddler to retiree. — Josh Martin, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Caught unprepared for chemical warfare and lacking standard-issue gas masks, Allied soldiers improvised by covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs or pieces of cloth drenched in water or urine. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

Earlier generations of Silicon Valley leaders largely turned their noses up at sports. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Cancerous cells have a specific smell, and dogs’ noses are 10,000 to 100,000 times better than humans, according to the American Kennel Club. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026