Synonyms of snout

snout

noun

ˈsnau̇t 

as in nose

the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity

dogs and their owners must grow to resemble one another, as that man and his basset hound have remarkably similar snouts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nose
• proboscis
• nozzle
• beak
• schnozzle
• smeller
• honker
• schnoz
• conk
• snoot
• neb
• pug
• pugnose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snout

However, the snout of an alligator is more blunt and u-shaped. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 July 2026

With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the spectacled caiman resembles a crocodile but typically has a shorter, broader snout. — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 16 June 2026

The top of the head is dark brown or black, and a dark, wide band may be visible from the snout through the eye and onto the neck. — Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 June 2026