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
• 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

Cottonmouths — semiaquatic snakes also known as water moccasins — are in the top three most commonly encountered venomous snakes in Arkansas, Davis said. — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Several dogs were bitten by rattlesnakes in a Westminster open space over the weekend as hot summer weather drove both residents and snakes outside, city officials said. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2026

The same goes for Congressman Mike Quigley, whose 5th Congressional District snakes from the North Side of Chicago into a handful of southwest Lake County communities. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

Alligators, snakes, birds and even bears and moose have all interrupted rounds before. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Cottonmouths are the second-most venomous snakes found in Arkansas. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Fans of improv, musicals and audience participation will thoroughly enjoy this performance and should be prepared to repent for sins like eating a hamburger, owning too many snakes or yearning for a younger man. — Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2026

There’s Tom Crutchfield, who loves women with the ardor of Pepé Le Pew but spends most of his time not in pursuit of the ladies but of exotic snakes, lizards, alligators, turtles and whatnot. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026

The snakes are also some of the largest in the world, and are often measured at about six to nine feet in length. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 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