as in snake
a limbless reptile with a long body
a viper sliding silently through the field
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Recent Examples of viper
Unhappily, this budding romance is interrupted when Arnold’s tracked down by the TV series viper-like host (Richard Dawson).
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Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
The vipers closed their jaws to inject the venom only when their fangs were comfortably in place.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Splinter after splinter flopping onto the stone threshold, tsss, tsss, hissing like a nest of vipers.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
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Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
The vipers closed their jaws to inject the venom only when their fangs were comfortably in place.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Splinter after splinter flopping onto the stone threshold, tsss, tsss, hissing like a nest of vipers.
—Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for viper
Noun
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Those snakes went on to reproduce and thrive in South Florida’s subtropical climate, decimating some ecosystems.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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Attendees can explore a wide variety of reptiles available for purchase, including snakes, lizards, turtles and more.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Were a lot of serpents biting people in those days.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Dark-orange lines, like heavy serpents, stripe the sands, gray rivers stripe the sands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Viper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viper. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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