Thesaurus:nose

Thesaurus
nose

English

Synonyms
  • nose
  • beak
  • beezer
  • boko (dated, UK)
  • conk
  • honker
  • hooter
  • neb
  • pecker (UK)
  • proboscis
  • schnozz
  • schnozzle
  • schnozzola
  • schnoz
  • smeller
  • sneck (UK)
  • sniffer
  • snitch
  • snoot
  • snotbox
  • snout
  • trunk (of an elephant)
Hyponyms
  • aquiline nose
  • button nose
  • hooknose
  • pug nose
  • Roman nose
  • snub nose
Meronyms
  • bridge
  • columella
  • greater alar cartilage
  • naris
  • nasal bone
  • nasal cavity
  • nasal septum
  • nose bridge
  • nosewing
  • nostril
  • septum
Holonyms
  • countenance    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • face
  • head    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • body    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • muzzle
Various
  • brownnose
  • cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  • get up someone's nose
  • hard-nosed
  • in front of one's nose
  • I've got your nose
  • keep one's nose clean
  • keep one's pecker up (UK)
  • look down one's nose
  • the nose knows
  • nose out of joint
  • nose to the grindstone
  • no skin off one's nose
  • on the nose
  • pay through the nose
  • plain as the nose on one's face
  • poke one's nose into
  • powder one's nose
  • see past the end of one's nose
  • stick one's nose in
  • stick one's nose into
  • toffee-nosed
  • under one's nose
  • win by a nose
See also
  • rhinology (study of the nose)
  • nasology
  • otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat)

Further reading

  • “nose” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “nose” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.