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

snakes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of snake

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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