Synonyms for nose
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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

Matched Categories

1. • Advance
   • Animal
   • Defeat
   • Front
   • Push
   • Skill
   • Small Indefinite Quantity
   • Smell
   • Symbol

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nosenoun

   Synonyms:
   snout, nozzle

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nosenoun

   Synonyms:
   snout, nozzle, spout, proboscis, muzzle

   Associated words:
   nasal, rhinal, rhinology, rhinoplasty, coryza, aquiline, simous, retroussé, pug, snuff, snuffle, vomer, nostril, nasalize, nasalization, nasiform, polypus, vibrissa, grogblossom, rosedrop, snivel, rhinitis, rhinolith, septum, nasute

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 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, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nose

   Synonyms:
   Beak, honker, proboscis, snout, schnoz

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1. Mitchell Casado:

   It's not going to be any dramatic nose down or turning or anything like that. It's just going to be a very gentle, gradual descent -- very similar, actually, to what you would experience in a regular flight, just a very gradual descent but constant until you hit the ground.

2. Professor Ugail:

   We take specific facial features. Very simple things like nose length is quite unique for that person, so we look at nose length, the width of the nose, the distance between eyes. So these are facial features that the computer recognizes as the person. So we take these - roughly 30 to 40 facial features we take from the face - and we use these facial features; we map it into the machine and then we produce the age, so what we've done in the case of George, we've taken his picture and then we've actually taken facial features and then aged him. We've also, in some experiments, what we've done is we've taken the parental information and then also applied the parental information and aged him as well.

3. Darla Davis:

   Nola had a thick drainage coming out of her nose, the vets swabbed the mucus, and cytology tests showed bacteria, so they began treating her with antibiotics.

4. Kyle Underhill:

   When I turned around, I just saw the nose of the jet with a bunch of smoke up behind it, it probably went out about 40 yards. When it stopped, you could see some people were out of it.

5. Paul Bettany:

   There's one place on my body that I can scratch and that's my nose so anything else is impossible. Plus, my hands are purple so I get everything purple.