Synonyms of snouts

snouts

noun

plural of snout

as in noses

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

• noses
• proboscises
• nozzles
• beaks
• smellers
• honkers
• schnozzles
• schnozzes
• conks
• snoots
• pugs
• nebs
• pugnoses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snouts

Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 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

Many hot weather dogs have longer snouts. — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 29 May 2026

Those strolling around downtown Dallas this weekend might have noticed more tails, claws and snouts than usual. — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026

Monitors are bulkier, with longer necks, narrower snouts and thicker, more muscular tails. — Sergio Candido, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026

Sharks are able to detect weak electric signals using the pores on their snouts that act as electroreceptors, which helps them with navigation and prey detection. — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2025

However, the trading bloc is a major exporter of pork and key supplier of byproducts such as ears, snouts, feet and other items considered to be delicacies in China. — Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025

Then, the researchers used a computer imaging program to measure the length of the specimens’ snouts, from the tip of the nose to the tear duct, and total head length, from the tip of the nose to where the ear attaches to the head. — Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025