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Synonyms for nose
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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nose, olfactory organnoun

    the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

    "he has a cold in the nose"

    Synonyms:
    olfactory organ, nozzle

  2. nosenoun

    a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)

    "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"

    Synonyms:
    olfactory organ, nozzle

  3. nosenoun

    the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon

    "he ducked under the nose of the gun"

    Synonyms:
    olfactory organ, nozzle

  4. nosenoun

    a small distance

    "my horse lost the race by a nose"

    Synonyms:
    olfactory organ, nozzle

  5. nosenoun

    a symbol of inquisitiveness

    "keep your nose out of it"

    Synonyms:
    olfactory organ, nozzle

  6. nosenoun

    the sense of smell (especially in animals)

    "the hound has a good nose"

    Synonyms:
    olfactory organ, nozzle

  7. nosenoun

    a natural skill

    "he has a nose for good deals"

    Synonyms:
    olfactory organ, nozzle

  8. nozzle, noseverb

    a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

    Synonyms:
    nozzle, snout, olfactory organ, snoot, schnozzle, schnoz, honker, hooter, beak

  9. intrude, horn in, pry, nose, pokeverb

    search or inquire in a meddlesome way

    "This guy is always nosing around the office"

    Synonyms:
    stab, nuzzle, dig, horn in, intrude, prize, jab, pry, wind, lever, obtrude, trespass, irrupt, thump, scent, jimmy, prise, prod, pound, poke

  10. noseverb

    advance the forward part of with caution

    "She nosed the car into the left lane"

    Synonyms:
    horn in, nuzzle, poke, wind, pry, scent, intrude

  11. scent, nose, windverb

    catch the scent of; get wind of

    "The dog nosed out the drugs"

    Synonyms:
    wrap, lift, horn in, wind up, meander, hoist, odorize, pry, wind, twist, nuzzle, odourise, wreathe, roll, wander, intrude, curve, perfume, scent, thread, weave, twine, poke

  12. noseverb

    push or move with the nose

    Synonyms:
    horn in, nuzzle, poke, wind, pry, scent, intrude

  13. nuzzle, noseverb

    rub noses

    Synonyms:
    poke, intrude, scent, pry, wind, cuddle, nest, snuggle, nuzzle, nestle, horn in, draw close

  14. noseverb

    defeat by a narrow margin

    Synonyms:
    horn in, nuzzle, poke, wind, pry, scent, intrude

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. schonk / shonknoun

    19th century cockney slang probably jiddish origin

    he stuck his shonk in everywhere ( pushey )

    Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nosenoun

    Synonyms:
    snout, nozzle

PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "nose":

    nasal, flair, bei, snout, pif, tarin, face, truffle, toe, bip, nosedive, ifd

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nose

    Synonyms:
    Beak, honker, proboscis, snout, schnoz

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How to use nose in a sentence?

  1. Shirley Raines:

    When I went out there, it was like a scene from The Walking Dead, all the resources had stopped. People stopped coming to feed. People were starving. Some people had socks tied around their face, around their nose.

  2. Toni Weiser:

    I felt nothing—just some mild itching, i much prefer radiation to having something dug out of my nose with a scalpel.

  3. Paola Regeni:

    I only recognized him because of the tip of his nose. As for everything else, it was no longer him.

  4. Randy McNally:

    It is to prevent what has happened in other cities like Portland and Washington, DC, if people, knowingly violate the law, knowingly thumb their nose at authority and don't do what authorities have requested they do, they should be charged with a serious crime.

  5. Robert Legare Atmar:

    Even if it worked at all, which it doesn't, people still breathe in from their nose, not just their mouths, this would still only protect the mouth and not the nose.


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