Merriam-Webster Logo
SINCE 1828
Menu
dictionary thesaurus

Thesaurus

snow

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of snow

1 to cause to believe what is untrue
  • easily snowed by her glib talk
Synonyms of snow

bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, spoof, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick
Words Related to snow

kid, put on, tease

bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle
Phrases Synonymous with snow

do a number on, lead one down the garden path (also lead one up the garden path), pull one's leg, pull the wool over one's eyes
Near Antonyms of snow

debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask

disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

disabuse, disenchant, disillusion
Antonyms of snow

undeceive
2 to make white or whiter by removing color
  • the years had snowed his hair to a silvery white, making it difficult at first to recognize her old high school crush
Synonyms of snow

blanch, bleach, blench, decolorize, dull, fade, pale, wash out, whiten
Words Related to snow

brighten, lighten

dim, mat (also matte)

etiolate

whitewash

frost, silver
Near Antonyms of snow

blacken

blotch, checker, dapple, daub, discolor, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, shade, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, streak, striate, stripe, tarnish, variegate

color, dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint

burnish, polish, shine
Antonyms of snow

darken, deepen, embrown

Learn More about snow

  1. Dictionary: Definition of snow Medical Dictionary: Definition of snow Spanish Central: Translation of snow Nglish: Translation of snow for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of snow for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about snow

Seen and Heard

What made you want to look up snow? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

show comments hide comments

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

WORD OF THE DAY

wherewithal

means, resources, or money

Get Word of the Day daily email!

TRENDING NOW

  1. cache BuzzFeed reports on Trump-Cohen documents.

  2. intransigence, intransigent Trump cancels Davos trip.

  3. white supremacist Steve King discusses views.

SEE ALL

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Words at Play

Ask the Editors

Word Games