Thesaurus:nose
THESAURUS | nose |
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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 [WS]
- face
- head [WS]
- body [WS]
- 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.