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SERPENT Synonyms

There are 13 synonyms of the word serpent. (exact relations)
There are 11 hypernyms of the word serpent. (close relations)
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snake
verb, nounv, n
noun

• limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

• a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition

• a long faint constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer

• a deceitful or treacherous person

• something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake

• a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

verb

• move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake

• form a snake-like pattern

• move along a winding path

adder
nounn
noun

• a person who adds numbers

• a machine that adds numbers

• small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia

anaconda
nounn
noun

• large arboreal boa of tropical South America

asp
verb, nounv, n
noun

• of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder

• cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death

boa
nounn
noun

• a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur

• any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs

cobra
nounn
noun

• venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

constrictor
nounn
noun

• any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils

mamba
nounn
noun

• arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal

python
nounn
noun

• large Old World boas

• (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi

• a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language for computers created by Guido van Rossum

• a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit

rattlesnake
nounn
noun

• pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

reptile
nounn
noun

• any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

viper
nounn
noun

• venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

ophidian
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

Best Hypernyms For SERPENT

Here is a list of related hypernyms for serpent, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
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Phrases (1)
diapsid reptile

Alternatives for SNAKE

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