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

The snakes are named for their distinctive yellow underside, which contrasts dramatically with their darker top half. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Other Animals While you may be tempted to blame other animals such as opossums or snakes, or even coyotes for making holes or burrows in your yard, these creatures are more likely to use existing animal holes for their dens. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026

As a paleontologist, Georgalis studies modern snakes to understand the fragmented fossil remains of ancient extinct ones. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

There are snakes and frogs, turtles and fish, even a chameleon. — Bo Evans, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Others show adults pouring snakes and cockroaches on weeping kids. — Jon Christian, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026

The couple keep 23 snakes, including rare, reticulated pythons. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Join the docents for a leisurely 90-minute walk to learn about the complex food chain of sea and land creatures, with special attention on local snakes. — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

With interiors largely shot inside Hossain’s own house in Dhaka, the film is filled with striking shots of animals — lizards galore, snakes, monkeys, and mosquitoes. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Verb

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

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