Antonyms for bite
baɪtbite

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1. bitenoun

   To attack with the teeth.

   After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.

   Synonyms:
   sting

2. bitenoun

   A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

   There were only a few bites left on the plate.

   Synonyms:
   mouthful

3. biteverb

   To sting.

   These mosquitoes are really biting today!

   Synonyms:
   snack

Matched Categories

1. • Ache
   • Eating
   • Fishing
   • Meal
   • Pierce
   • Spiciness
   • Success
   • Taste
   • Wit
   • Wound

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1. bitenoun

   a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

   Synonyms:
   sting, bit, pungency, snack, collation, raciness, chomp, morsel, insect bite, sharpness

2. morsel, bit, bitenoun

   a small amount of solid food; a mouthful

   "all they had left was a bit of bread"

   Synonyms:
   chip, second, snack, raciness, fleck, routine, insect bite, morsel, flake, pungency, number, moment, chomp, sting, sharpness, mo, scrap, piece, act, snatch, collation, spot, turn, bit, minute

3. sting, bite, insect bitenoun

   a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, bit, morsel, snack, hustle, raciness, insect bite, confidence trick, pungency, chomp, bunko game, con game, gyp, stinging, pang, bunco game, sharpness, con, sting, collation, bunko, flimflam

4. bite, collation, snacknoun

   a light informal meal

   Synonyms:
   sting, bit, pungency, snack, collation, raciness, chomp, morsel, insect bite, sharpness

5. bitenoun

   (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait

   "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"

   Synonyms:
   sting, bit, pungency, snack, collation, raciness, chomp, morsel, insect bite, sharpness

6. pungency, bitenoun

   wit having a sharp and caustic quality

   "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"

   Synonyms:
   sting, snack, bit, chomp, collation, pungency, raciness, insect bite, morsel, sharpness

7. pungency, bite, sharpness, racinessnoun

   a strong odor or taste property

   "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine"

   Synonyms:
   acuteness, spiciness, snack, keenness, edge, insect bite, morsel, ribaldry, pungency, chomp, sting, acuity, distinctness, raciness, gaminess, sharpness, collation, asperity, bit

8. bite, chompnoun

   the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

   Synonyms:
   sting, bit, pungency, snack, collation, raciness, chomp, morsel, insect bite, sharpness

9. biteverb

   a portion removed from the whole

   "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"

   Synonyms:
   sting, bit, pungency, snack, collation, raciness, chomp, morsel, insect bite, sharpness

10. bite, seize with teethverb

    to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws

    "Gunny invariably tried to bite her"

    Synonyms:
    seize with teeth, prick, sting, burn

11. bite, sting, burnverb

    cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

    "The sun burned his face"

    Synonyms:
    stick, burn down, seize with teeth, burn, prick, burn up, cut, twinge, incinerate, sunburn, sting, combust, burn off, cauterize, glow, cauterise, fire

12. biteverb

    penetrate or cut, as with a knife

    "The fork bit into the surface"

    Synonyms:
    seize with teeth, prick, sting, burn

13. sting, bite, prickverb

    deliver a sting to

    "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

    Synonyms:
    sting, seize with teeth, goad, stick, prick, burn, prickle, twinge, prick up, cock up

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1. bitenoun

   Synonyms:
   mouthful, wheal

2. biteverb

   Synonyms:
   champ, nibble, chew, sting, smart, tingle, take hold of, adhere, nip, blight, blast

How to use bite in a sentence?

1. Jennifer Cohen:

   Baby steps equal big wins. Don’t try to bite off more than you can chew.

2. Marina Pacheco:

   I think it was a bit of a long shot -- it looks like it tried to grab the neck of the woodpecker to break it, i think that it probably doesn't have a big enough jaw to bite through the spine of the woodpecker.

3. Sherry Woodard:

   Dogs bite for a host of reasons, they may feel protective of you. They may be scared. Even a smell could trigger that reaction.

4. Donald Trump:

   If he builds the wall the way he built Trump Towers, he’ll be using illegal immigrant labor, such a cute sound bite.

5. Chris Fabricant:

   This commission’s findings are incredibly significant because no other agency or scientific body has ever opined on the admissibility of bite mark analysis, it has been admissible as evidence for more than 50 years and thousands have been convicted as a result.

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