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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sneers

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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

Lacy laughs about it now, as a consequence of just how haywire that time was — for him, and everyone.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Mensah laughs at getting tiebreaker changed Last year, Darian Mensah led Duke to its first ACC title since 1989.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026

Definition of laughs

Noun

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
The event also had free opportunities to take photos, get ice cream snickers and have earned a Super Bowl post card.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated February 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of snickers

Noun

With boos and jeers ringing around Expo Idaho at the referees, AC Boise continued to pepper the Portland box with dangerous crosses and shots.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
Tel Aviv — A wave of jeers greeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s parliament prepared for a blitz of controversial legislation in the government’s closing days.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of jeers

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

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
Spray paint hisses and music envelops Amsterdam Avenue as Knicks colors cover the sidewalk.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 June 2026