Synonyms of snails

snails 1 of 2

noun

plural of snail

as in slugs

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others

go and tell the snails in the back to hurry up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slugs
• stragglers
• crawlers
• lingerers
• plodders
• laggards
• slowpokes
• dawdlers
• loiterers
• draggers
• laggers
• delayers
• dalliers
• latecomers
• loafers
• idlers
• sluggards
• lazybones
• slouches
• procrastinators
• loungers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• speedsters
• hustlers
• scramblers
• speeders
• rushers
• go-getters
• hurriers

snails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of snail

as in crawls

to move slowly

the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snails

Noun

The effect has been especially damaging on corals, oysters, and free-swimming snails and slugs. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2026

You are steered through an astonishing limestone canyon, crossing turquoise water where only tiny snails and blind shrimp are capable of living. — James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026

But the data also indicated that at least 7% of the species cats eat are insects and other invertebrates, particularly beetles, and less frequently crustaceans, arachnids, centipedes, snails and slugs, and millipedes. — Christopher A. Lepczyk, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Surrounded by pines and bay trees, this large freshwater lake is home to several species of fish, mussels, and snails found nowhere else in the world. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 July 2026

From climate change to drug discovery, quantum computing is expected to be solve problems at a pace where even the fastest supercomputers appear to be slow-moving snails. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026

Having snakes around is actually beneficial to gardening—many snakes feed on garden pests such as slugs and snails, and others prey on rodents. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 6 July 2026

Old Coffee Coffee grounds are sometimes spread around gardens or mixed into the soil to enrich it and deter slugs, snails, and other pests. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026

Slugs and Snails Slugs and snails feed at night on damp areas of your tomato plant, chewing holes in leaves and fruit. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 24 June 2026