Synonyms of snide

snide

adjective

ˈsnīd 

1

as in nasty

not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency

a snide trick to get the couple to gamble on a bet they had no real chance of winning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nasty
• vile
• dirty
• cruel
• vicious
• immoral
• contemptible
• bad
• ignoble
• despicable
• sordid
• detestable
• ignominious
• corrupt
• dishonorable
• low-down
• mean
• wretched
• execrable
• evil
• low-minded
• paltry
• base
• wicked
• low
• currish
• wrong
• foul
• iniquitous
• miscreant
• reprehensible
• villainous
• perverted
• depraved
• unscrupulous
• shameful
• censurable
• degenerate
• disgraceful
• blamable
• dissolute
• debauched
• unprincipled
• atrocious
• debased
• blameworthy
• unethical
• unworthy
• disreputable
• discreditable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• high
• honorable
• straight
• noble
• lofty
• honest
• virtuous
• excellent
• ethical
• righteous
• venerable
• good
• upright
• scrupulous
• just
• moral
• principled
• right
• high-minded
• commendable
• proper
• exemplary
• decent
• respectable
• reputable
• right-minded
• blameless
• guiltless
• seemly
• incorruptible
• irreproachable
• unerring
• uncorrupted

2

as in false

being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud

some small-time crook who was selling snide gems to gullible tourists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• false
• counterfeit
• fake
• forged
• spurious
• bogus
• inauthentic
• phony
• imitation
• ornamental
• mock
• misleading
• unauthentic
• deceptive
• sham
• artificial
• synthetic
• manufactured
• simulated
• cultured
• dummy
• factitious
• substitute
• mimic
• fabricated
• nonfunctioning
• delusive
• man-made

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• genuine
• bona fide
• authentic
• natural
• unfaked
• actual
• true
• valid

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snide

In an inversion of the more common critical reception of an emerging artist, this new writer’s poetry was often noticed but seldom admired, notwithstanding the Daily Mirror’s snide enthusiasm. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

Ochoa’s snide speech about his privileged private school becomes a wrenching aria of desolation and need. — Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026

But to go so far as to dismiss the past… Making a snide comment about the Cannes audience, which has always welcomed him warmly, was pointless and unfair. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026

The president then typed a long list of his own purported achievements and alleged that a snide remark Maher made about him on Friday was the result of a joke going over the veteran comic’s head. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2026