SNEERS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sneer

as in laughs

to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions they brushed off his sneer and went about their business

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noun

plural of sneer

as in smirks

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Recent Examples of sneers

Verb

Meanwhile her old-school Communist grandmother sneers at the tactics her Red Diaper daughter employed. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 Jacob sneers, but doesn’t even wait for his son to answer. — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneers

Verb

Rubin laughs—they’d even leave some of the Mario Badescu Drying Lotion on her face.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
A couple of audience members nervously crack jokes to break the tension, but no one laughs.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of laughs

Noun

As executed, the 2019 show is an emotional yet refreshingly unsentimental black comedy that snickers in the face of empowerment buzzwords like, well, healing journey.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
There were snickers from some of the other students, including a tall and lank-haired kid whose name Adele didn’t know.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of snickers

Noun

Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
For Dua, puberty and social maturity become knotted up in unpredictable notions of bodily harm (whether acted upon, or merely threatened), as Serbian boys and men harass her on the way home from school, lacing their catcalls with ethnic slurs.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026

Definition of catcalls

Noun

He was shown a yellow card for excessive celebration, which drew loud boos and hisses from the fans.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 9 Aug. 2026
Up in the stands, fans waved their own flags — including some sneaked in over the objections of FIFA and the courts — and wrestled with emotions, as boos, howls and hisses rained down from all corners of the stadium.

— Rick Maese, Washington Post, 16 June 2026