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snap

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of snap

1 involving minimal difficulty or effort
  • a snap course that anyone could pass
Synonyms of snap

cheap, downhill, easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, hands-down, light, painless, ready, royal, simple, smooth, soft
Words Related to snap

idiotproof, mindless, quick, straightforward, unchallenging, uncomplicated

apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
Near Antonyms of snap

burdensome, exhausting, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful, taxing, troublesome

abstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, problematic (also problematical), recondite
Antonyms of snap

arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, herculean, killer, labored, laborious, murderous, rough, severe, stiff, strenuous, toilful, toilsome, tough
2 made or done without previous thought or preparation
  • made a snap decision
Synonyms of snap

ad hoc, ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvisational, improvised, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, spur-of-the-moment, unconsidered, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied
Words Related to snap

unscripted

automatic, impulsive, instinctive, involuntary, spontaneous

casual, cursive, informal, unauthorized

half-baked, half-cocked, ill-advised
Near Antonyms of snap

deliberate, intended, intentional
Antonyms of snap

considered, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepared, rehearsed

snap

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of snap

1 a loud explosive sound
  • The plastic coat hook broke off with a loud snap when he tried to hang the heavy bag on it.
Synonyms of snap

bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash, pop, report, slam, smash, thunderclap, thwack, whack, whomp, whump
Words Related to snap

thunk, wham

clang, clangor, clank, clash

knock, rap, tap

blare, clamor, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar
2 a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera
  • took several snaps of his family for the scrapbook
Synonyms of snap

photo, photograph, pic, print, shot, snapshot
Words Related to snap

blowup, close-up, enlargement, still

telephoto

daguerreotype, monochrome, tintype
3 active strength of body or mind
  • The team is showing a lot of snap tonight.
Synonyms of snap

beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip
Words Related to snap

animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity

ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal

main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength

brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility

health, healthiness, soundness, verdure, wellness
Near Antonyms of snap

indolence, laziness

debilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weakness

enervation, exhaustion, inanition, prostration
Antonyms of snap

lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity
4 a weather condition marked by low temperatures
  • a prolonged cold snap
Synonyms of snap

cold, cold wave, deep freeze, freeze
Words Related to snap

cold front

frost

bite, chill, chilliness, chillness, coldness, frigidness, nip, wintriness
Near Antonyms of snap

dog days

torridity, torridness
Antonyms of snap

heat, heat wave
5 a very small amount
  • I don't care a snap about gossip!
Synonyms of snap

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, smack, smidgen (also smidgeon), spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace
Words Related to snap

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

dose, shot
Phrases Synonymous with snap

drop in the bucket
Near Antonyms of snap

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

volume

chunk, hunk, lump, slab
6 something that is easy to do
  • This test will be a snap.
Synonyms of snap

breeze, cake, cakewalk, child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, pushover, roses
Words Related to snap

no-brainer, nothing

sitting duck

gimme, laugher, walkaway
Phrases Synonymous with snap

piece of cake, walk in the park
Near Antonyms of snap

brainteaser, poser, stumper, toughie (also toughy)

bother, nuisance, trouble
Antonyms of snap

bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]

snap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of snap

1 to speak sharply or irritably
  • The shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind.
Synonyms of snap

bark, snarl
Words Related to snap

growl, grumble

roar, scream, shout, shriek, yell

fulminate, rage, rant, rave, sputter, storm, tee off, vent, vituperate

blow up, explode, flare (up)
Near Antonyms of snap

calm (down), simmer down
2 to break suddenly with an explosive sound
  • The fragile twig snapped in her hands.
Synonyms of snap

crack, pop
Words Related to snap

rend, rive, split

crackle, hiss, sizzle, sputter

burst, explode, shatter

clack, clatter, click
3 to take a photograph of
  • Be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us.
Synonyms of snap

mug, photo, photograph, shoot
Words Related to snap

image, picture, rephotograph, retake

film, videotape
4 to pass from one form, state, or level to another
  • She abruptly snapped alert.
Synonyms of snap

change, fluctuate, mutate, shift, vary
Words Related to snap

metamorphose, morph, transmute

better, improve

deteriorate, worsen

turn around

seesaw, teeter, vacillate, waver
Antonyms of snap

plateau, stabilize

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