Synonyms of snakes

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noun

plural of snake

1

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
• pythons
• cobras
• rattlesnakes
• boas
• copperheads
• adders
• constrictors
• anacondas
• racers
• asps
• 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
• clowns
• jerks
• skunks
• reptiles
• toads
• rats
• beasts
• creeps
• jokers
• idiots
• vermin
• heels
• brutes
• swine
• varmints
• buggers
• morons
• villains
• pills
• bounders
• buzzards
• rotters
• brats
• blighters
• slimes
• stinkers
• louses
• scumbags
• cads
• scums
• barbarians
• boors
• dirtbags
• bleeders
• nuisances
• hounds
• curs
• sods
• finks
• sons of guns
• cretins
• fools
• schmucks
• louts
• scuzzballs
• stinkards
• cruds
• slimeballs
• savages
• nuts
• churls
• sleazeballs
• crumbs
• nerds
• sleazebags
• chuffs
• so-and-sos
• sleazes
• slobs
• rat finks
• cavemen
• scoundrels
• wretches
• scabs
• Neanderthals
• vulgarians
• rogues
• boobies
• rascals
• loudmouths
• lowlifes
• roughnecks
• miscreants
• imbeciles
• dopes
• blockheads
• pests
• dolts
• scamps
• 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
• betrayers
• Judases
• backstabbers
• turncoats
• quislings
• apostates
• double-crossers
• double-dealers
• collaborators
• subversives
• recreants
• conspirators
• renegades
• informants
• informers
• subverters
• sellouts
• plotters
• schemers
• coconspirators
• collaborationists
• intriguers
• deserters
• defectors
• 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

Medusa is raped by Poseidon, but because Poseidon raped her in Athena’s temple, Athena takes it as an affront and blames Medusa, cursing her by turning her hair into snakes. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 27 July 2026

The deadliest animal to have ever roamed the earth is not the great white shark, or snakes, or even rats that caused three great plagues in history, decimating the human population at the time. — New Atlas, 26 July 2026

At the end of the experience, a line snakes to the Nickelodeon slime station. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

The shots are busy with equipment—boom mikes, bulb-flashes, wires and cables dripping like innards or snakes, the hungry Cyclopean eye of a mounted camera. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

Burmese pythons — destructive invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a new foothold outside the Everglades. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Beyond simply removing snakes, the challenge accomplishes a few key goals. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 22 July 2026

When snakes still appeared around the house, Tyler found a way to relocate them rather than harm them. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

The tracker implanted inside her will eventually lead the team to more snakes. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Verb

The New River, which snakes through West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, may be one of the oldest river systems on earth. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

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

Gray is one of seven Democratic candidates seeking the nomination for the newly gerrymandered 4th district, which snakes up Kansas City’s urban core and down through a vast swath of rural western Missouri. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 29 June 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 River Caqueta snakes nearly 1,800 miles into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 27 May 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

Valdez is the surprising leader in the district that snakes through northern Brooklyn and western Queens, including some of the most progressive neighborhoods in the entire nation. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026