Synonyms for horn
hɔrnhorn

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. hornnoun

   Synonyms:
   keratin

2. hornnoun

   Synonyms:
   stiffy, hard-on, boner

3. hornnoun

   A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

   Synonyms:
   klaxon, hooter

4. hornnoun

   A conical device used to direct waves.

   Synonyms:
   funnel

5. hornnoun

   A telephone.

   Synonyms:
   blower, dog and bone, phone

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. hornnoun

   a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it

   Synonyms:
   trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

2. hornnoun

   one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates

   Synonyms:
   trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

3. hornnoun

   a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;

   Synonyms:
   trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

4. horn, saddle hornnoun

   a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)

   Synonyms:
   trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

5. cornet, horn, trumpet, trumpnoun

   a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

   Synonyms:
   saddle horn, trump card, car horn, automobile horn, motor horn, hooter, trump, trumpet, cornet

6. hornnoun

   any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn

   Synonyms:
   trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

7. hornnoun

   the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails

   Synonyms:
   trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

8. hornnoun

   a device having the shape of a horn

   "horns at the ends of a new moon"; "the hornof an anvil"; "the cleat had two horns"

   Synonyms:
   trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

9. hornnoun

   an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound

   Synonyms:
   trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

10. French horn, hornnoun

    a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

    Synonyms:
    trump, saddle horn, car horn, automobile horn, hooter, motor horn, trumpet, cornet

11. automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn, hooterverb

    a device on an automobile for making a warning noise

    Synonyms:
    bird of night, automobile horn, bird of Minerva, cornet, beak, hooter, honker, trumpet, nozzle, schnozzle, owl, schnoz, motor horn, car horn, saddle horn, trump, snout, snoot

12. horn, tuskverb

    stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

    "the rhino horned the explorer"

    Synonyms:
    detusk, tusk

Matched Categories

1. • Alarm
   • Animal Material
   • Brass
   • Game
   • Noisemaker
   • Pierce
   • Pommel
   • Process

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hornnoun

   Synonyms:
   trumpet

2. hornnoun

   Synonyms:
   drinking-cup

3. hornnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Bot.) spur

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

1. hornnoun

   Synonyms:
   antler, epithema, antenna

   Associated words:
   cornification, cornute, dehorn, croche, gore, crocket

2. hornnoun

   Synonyms:
   trumpet, bugle, cornet, trombone, cornucopia, shophar (Jewish), spur

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

1. List of paraphrases for "horn":

   corne, hoorn, cor, horns, trumpet, horan, bighorn

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1. Police Chief Mark Saunders:

   I started honking my horn, making noises, trying to make a commotion, trying to make people aware that something was going on. I rolled down my windows and started yelling at people, I wanted them to get out of the way.

2. Somalia Nick Kay:

   But scaling back now will crush the hopes of millions of Somalis, endanger peace and security in the Horn of Africa and East Africa, bolster violent extremism globally and risk a renewed exodus of refugees, reducing effort should not be an option.

3. Martin Horn:

   The question that will have to be asked is,' To what extent was he literally superintending the operation of the prison ?' were there things that Martin Horn knew but failed to act on, or didn't know but should have known ? Was Martin Horn diligently insuring that the requisite procedures were in place, and were being adhered to ?

4. Lee Merritt:

   If he was a good Samaritan, he would have honked his horn. Its worth noting that on the video, he doesnt even flinch. He doesnt gasp. Shot after shot. He simply takes it all in.

5. Roopa Singh:

   As from 20 January 2016, the High Court’s order setting aside the domestic moratorium on the trade in rhino horn is once more effective.