Synonyms of snakes

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noun

plural of snake

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as in serpents

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 & Similar Words

• serpents
• vipers
• cobras
• pythons
• rattlesnakes
• boas
• copperheads
• adders
• constrictors
• anacondas
• asps
• racers
• moccasins
• mambas
• kraits
• water snakes
• garter snakes
• sea snakes
• sea serpents
• taipans
• coral snakes
• pit vipers
• rat snakes
• gopher snakes
• bull snakes
• milk snakes
• water moccasins
• green snakes
• worm snakes
• king snakes
• pine snakes
• indigo snakes
• hognose snakes
• king cobras
• bushmasters
• fer-de-lance
• sidewinders
• puff adders
• chicken snakes
• diamondback rattlesnakes
• blacksnakes
• blue racers
• horned vipers
• black racers
• cottonmouth moccasins

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as in dogs

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

why, that dirty, rotten snake!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dogs
• bastards
• jerks
• clowns
• skunks
• reptiles
• toads
• rats
• creeps
• beasts
• jokers
• vermin
• idiots
• swine
• varmints
• buggers
• heels
• morons
• brutes
• pills
• bounders
• buzzards
• rotters
• villains
• brats
• blighters
• slimes
• stinkers
• louses
• scumbags
• cads
• scums
• boors
• dirtbags
• bleeders
• curs
• sods
• hounds
• sons of guns
• cretins
• barbarians
• finks
• nuisances
• schmucks
• louts
• fools
• scuzzballs
• stinkards
• cruds
• slimeballs
• savages
• churls
• nuts
• sleazeballs
• sleazebags
• crumbs
• chuffs
• so-and-sos
• sleazes
• nerds
• slobs
• rat finks
• cavemen
• scoundrels
• wretches
• scabs
• Neanderthals
• vulgarians
• boobies
• rascals
• rogues
• loudmouths
• lowlifes
• roughnecks
• miscreants
• imbeciles
• dopes
• blockheads
• dolts
• scamps
• pests
• turkeys
• goons
• nincompoops
• ninnies
• snobs
• airheads
• jackasses
• dinks
• nits
• snots
• snips
• dorks
• nitwits
• schmoes
• doofuses
• birdbrains
• insolents
• dweebs
• half-wits
• snoots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• ladies
• gentlemen
• idols
• role models
• angels
• saints
• heroines

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as in traitors

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 & Similar Words

• traitors
• serpents
• Judases
• betrayers
• backstabbers
• turncoats
• quislings
• apostates
• double-crossers
• double-dealers
• subversives
• collaborators
• recreants
• conspirators
• renegades
• informants
• subverters
• sellouts
• plotters
• schemers
• coconspirators
• informers
• collaborationists
• intriguers
• defectors
• deserters
• gossips
• talkers
• rats
• snitches
• stool pigeons
• tattlers
• accommodationists
• gossipers
• squealers
• tattletales
• gossipmongers
• rumormongers
• snitchers
• telltales
• blabbermouths
• talebearers

snakes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of snake

1

as in lurks

to move about in a sly or secret manner

snaking softly through the brush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurks
• sneaks
• slides
• slips
• crawls
• slinks
• steals
• mouses
• worms
• creeps
• ghosts
• skulks
• edges
• inches
• tiptoes
• shirks
• pussyfoots
• mooches
• pads

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as in creeps

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

commandos snaking through the grass toward the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creeps
• crawls
• slides
• worms
• slithers
• bellies
• wriggles
• crouches
• grovels
• edges
• inches
• squats
• sneaks
• tiptoes
• noses
• steals
• skulks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snakes

Noun

Her character has roots in a rural West Virginia congregation famed for their serpent handling rituals, where worshippers handle live snakes to prove their faith. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 11 Nov. 2026

Zembower also questioned the ban on the sale of rabbits and whether the bans would eventually be proposed for other animals, including turtles and snakes. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

Biologists kept one pair of snakes for their genetics, then released the other six at restoration sites in May. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2026

For example, patch-nosed snakes, gopher snakes, pine snakes, leaf-nosed snakes, hook-nosed snakes, and hog-nosed snakes are among the snakes native to the American Southwest that can dig through soil. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 7 Nov. 2026

But snakes gonna slither, so Vance (who, to be fair, was never that into this war) is using the moment to subtly blame Hegseth, and the blow seems to have landed, with his party, and with his boss. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

In addition to having her entire body covered in green scales, her costume featured a long tail and moving snakes that replaced her hair. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

Another mathematician, James Grime, made the problem more accessible by translating it into a puzzle narrative, involving someone held captive between angry snakes in front of them and a precipitous cliff behind them. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

In one experiment, for example, college students were shown trypophobic images, typical fear-inducing pictures—such as those of snakes and spiders—and control images. — Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026

Verb

Democrat Kevin Chambliss, 45, defended his seat against Republican Miguel Granda to win another two years representing House District 117, a South Dade district that snakes around the Florida Turnpike. — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026

The new district snakes up through Kansas City’s urban core, in an attempt to create a district more favorable for Republicans in the 5th District. — Jack Harvel july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

The story of McCarthy’s life was written on this winding street that snakes through a small, working-class corner of Pittsburgh where the Monongahela River bends. — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Quisisana sits on the eastern shore of Lake Kezar, which snakes along for 10 miles at the foot of the Presidential Mountain Range in New Hampshire. — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026

Morning mist coated the nearby Rhone River that snakes through the Alpine valley as worshippers flocked in. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

There’s Route 1, which snakes all the way from Maine to Florida. — Daniel Milowski, The Conversation, 29 June 2026

When a Knicks game lets out at the Garden or concertgoers from the Meadowlands pour out of Penn Station, crowds pack the Tick Tock’s orange-and-green banquettes and the line snakes out the door. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

The plaster, cave-like living room (complete with a cozy fireplace) served as a backdrop for trivia night; the ice-cold creek, which snakes along the five-acre property, was our personal swimming spot to chase off the heat of the day. — Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 27 May 2026