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Synonyms & Antonyms of snake
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1
a limbless reptile with a long body
- snakes are cold-blooded, so they regulate their body temperature by alternately basking in sunlight and seeking shade
Synonyms for snake
Words Related to snake
- adder,
- anaconda,
- asp,
- black racer,
- blacksnake,
- blue racer,
- boa,
- bull snake,
- bushmaster,
- chicken snake,
- cobra,
- constrictor,
- copperhead,
- coral snake,
- cottonmouth moccasin,
- diamondback rattlesnake,
- fer-de-lance,
- garter snake,
- gopher snake,
- green snake,
- hognose snake,
- horned viper,
- indigo snake,
- king cobra,
- king snake,
- krait,
- mamba,
- milk snake,
- moccasin,
- pine snake,
- pit viper,
- puff adder,
- python,
- racer,
- rat snake,
- rattlesnake,
- sea serpent,
- sea snake,
- sidewinder,
- taipan,
- water moccasin,
- water snake,
- worm snake
2
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
- why, that dirty, rotten snake!
Synonyms for snake
- bastard,
- beast,
- bleeder
- [British],
- blighter
- [chiefly British],
- boor,
- bounder,
- bugger,
- buzzard,
- cad,
- chuff,
- churl,
- clown,
- creep,
- cretin,
- crud
- [slang],
- crumb
- [slang],
- cur,
- dirtbag
- [slang],
- dog,
- fink,
- heel,
- hound,
- jerk,
- joker,
- louse,
- lout,
- pill,
- rat,
- rat fink,
- reptile,
- rotter,
- schmuck
- [slang],
- scum,
- scumbag
- [slang],
- scuzzball
- [slang],
- skunk,
- sleaze,
- sleazebag
- [slang],
- sleazeball
- [slang],
- slime,
- slimeball
- [slang],
- slob,
- so-and-so,
- sod
- [chiefly British],
- stinkard,
- stinker,
- swine,
- toad,
- varmint,
- vermin
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3
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
- what a snake she was—having an affair with my husband while I was in the hospital!
Synonyms for snake
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