Synonyms of snaps

snaps 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of snap

1

as in barks

to speak sharply or irritably

the shopkeeper finally snapped at one customer who couldn't seem to make up his mind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barks
• shouts
• snarls
• yells
• screams
• growls
• shrieks
• grumbles
• roars
• rants
• sputters
• raves
• rages
• explodes
• fulminates
• vituperates
• vents
• flips (out)
• flares (up)
• tees off
• storms
• blows up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calms (down)
• simmers down

2

as in pops

to break suddenly with an explosive sound

the fragile twig snapped in her hands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pops
• cracks
• splits
• explodes
• crackles
• clicks
• bursts
• shatters
• hisses
• rends
• sputters
• rives
• sizzles
• clatters
• clacks

3

as in photographs

to take a photograph of

be sure to snap everything you see on your vacation, and then you can show us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• photographs
• photos
• pictures
• shoots
• films
• images
• mugs
• retakes
• rephotographs
• videotapes

4

as in changes

to pass from one form, state, or level to another

she abruptly snapped alert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• changes
• shifts
• varies
• fluctuates
• morphs
• mutates
• improves
• transmutes
• deteriorates
• turns around
• metamorphoses
• vacillates
• worsens
• betters
• wavers
• seesaws
• teeters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stabilizes
• plateaus

snaps

2 of 2

noun

plural of snap

1

as in claps

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 & Similar Words

• claps
• bangs
• booms
• pops
• blasts
• crashes
• slams
• reports
• cracks
• thunderclaps
• thwacks
• whacks
• roars
• taps
• knocks
• smashes
• whumps
• whomps
• clashes
• clangs
• howls
• thunks
• clanks
• whams
• raps
• outcries
• clamors
• blares
• clangors
• uproars
• hue and cries
• tumults
• hubbubs
• hullabaloos

2

as in photos

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 & Similar Words

• photos
• photographs
• snapshots
• pics
• prints
• shots
• stills
• enlargements
• blowups
• close-ups
• daguerreotypes
• tintypes
• monochromes
• telephotos
• sepias
• ferrotypes

3

as in splashes

a very small amount

I don't care a snap about gossip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• touches
• glimmers
• little
• hints
• licks
• specks
• sprinklings
• bits
• dabs
• traces
• sparks
• nips
• bites
• particles
• handfuls
• streaks
• shades
• drops
• shadows
• shreds
• ounces
• pinches
• rays
• smacks
• flecks
• slivers
• crumbs
• spots
• smells
• peanuts
• spatters
• driblets
• dashes
• strains
• drams
• suspicions
• scruples
• soupçons
• aces
• skoshes
• parts
• scintillas
• mites
• smidgens
• drops in the bucket
• molecules
• patches
• dots
• jots
• syllables
• doses
• nibbles
• scraps
• portions
• fragments
• tastes
• grains
• granules
• atoms
• nubbins
• sections
• vestiges
• minima
• semblances
• hoots
• minims
• modicums
• whits
• morsels
• motes
• scatterings
• shivers
• chips
• splinters
• clippings
• shards
• smatterings
• shots
• flyspecks
• flakes
• iotas
• tittles
• shavings
• smatters
• tatters
• parings
• smithereens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• masses
• bundles
• buckets
• mountains
• quantities
• barrels
• bushels
• lots
• piles
• pecks
• deals
• stacks
• heaps
• reams
• fistfuls
• gobs
• messes
• wads
• oodles
• rafts
• scads
• lashings
• volumes
• boatloads
• abundances
• wealths
• much
• potfuls
• passels
• plenties
• profusions
• excesses
• surpluses
• overflows
• embarrassments
• slabs
• chunks
• bonanzas
• lumps
• overages
• superfluities
• hunks
• overmuch
• overkills
• surfeits
• oversupplies
• superabundances
• overabundances

4

as in picnics

something that is easy to do

this test will be a snap

Synonyms & Similar Words

• picnics
• breezes
• cakes
• cream puffs
• pieces of cake
• walks in the park
• roses
• kid stuff
• cinches
• duck soup
• cakewalks
• child's play
• sitting ducks
• pushovers
• laughers
• gimmes
• walkaways
• no-brainers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pains
• murders
• bears
• chores
• headaches
• killers
• beasts
• labors
• stinkers
• horror shows
• sticky wickets
• troubles
• posers
• nuisances
• toughies
• bothers
• brainteasers
• stumpers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snaps

Verb

Once a band that lived on the high-tension wire of music just about to burst, Hotel Usona finds Protomartyr exploring what happens once that wire snaps. — David Harris, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026

Green whips out his phone with the fluid motion of a digital native and snaps a photo. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

When left to its own devices, the transmission snaps off shifts quickly and cleanly. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026

Her head snaps forward into the bowl — only to be stopped by her ponytail tied to a railing behind her. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

In the Instagram snaps, Kardashian, 45, is pictured with friends and family in the 1990s and 2000s, sporting a variety of looks that were trending at the time. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

More important than the 130 receiving yards, perhaps, were the 73 percent snaps. — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Friday’s decline snaps five consecutive days of gains for Brent crude and an eight-day winning streak for WTI. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

As soon as the bottom part snaps down, the ribbon part of the body will start tightening around itself all over again. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026

Noun

Daniels, who threw three incompletions including an interception on Sunday, will be getting those snaps, as Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said Monday. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

Linebacker Trevor Nowaske played 33 defensive snaps, up from four against Buffalo, and had six tackles. — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Bullock finished Sunday with 19 offensive snaps (25% of all offensive snaps); Lewis finished with 58 (75%). — Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

Wood played five defensive snaps for the Tennessee Titans in 2024, his only game experience beyond special teams before this season. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Lipa has previously shown off the party trick of dancing with a glass on her head in vacation snaps. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

The Giants haven’t scored a touchdown since Dart got hurt seven snaps into their 28-6 Week 3 Monday night blowout loss to the Rams, though. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Dart left the matchup seven snaps into the second game of the 2026 season when he was hit twice by Rams defenders on a throw to Theo Johnson. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

If Hooker is not ready to return to the safety spot on Sunday, the team will have to turn to Markquese Bell who played 57 snaps, totaled five tackles and allowed just one reception for 14 yards. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026