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Synonyms for jaw
dʒɔjaw
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word jaw.
Princeton's WordNet
jawnoun
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
jawnoun
the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
jawverb
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visitverb
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Synonyms:
bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, call down, masticate, bring down, huckster, shoot the breeze, twaddle, inspect, consult, impose, take to task, gossip, prattle, call on the carpet, inflict, reproof, manducate, call in, lambaste, palaver, higgle, claver, tittle-tattle, lambast, maunder, see, haggle, chew out, remonstrate, call, tattle, have words, berate, rebuke, natter, travel to, trounce, visit, dress down, confab, chit-chat, chew up, gibber, click, blab, reprimand, rattle on, piffle, scold, confabulate, confer, chew the fat, dish the dirt, yap away, chew, prate, rag, chat, chatter, yack away, chaffer, lecture, gabble, blabber, clackyack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap awayverb
talk incessantly and tiresomely
Synonyms:
bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, masticate, remonstrate, shoot the breeze, yack away, take to task, gossip, confab, reproof, manducate, lambaste, trounce, chit-chat, claver, lambast, chew the fat, chew out, berate, natter, visit, dress down, have words, chew up, call down, reprimand, rattle on, scold, confabulate, rebuke, rag, yap away, chew, chat, chatter, call on the carpet, chaffer, lecturechew, masticate, manducate, jawverb
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
"He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
Synonyms:
bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, masticate, remonstrate, shoot the breeze, yack away, take to task, gossip, confab, reproof, manducate, lambaste, chit-chat, claver, lambast, chew the fat, chew out, berate, natter, trounce, visit, dress down, have words, chew up, call down, reprimand, rattle on, scold, confabulate, rebuke, rag, yap away, chew, chat, chatter, call on the carpet, chaffer, lecturecall on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambastverb
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Synonyms:
manducate, get at, reproof, censure, chide, bait, rile, lash, dun, cod, razz, chit-chat, crucify, grouch, bedevil, reprimand, lambaste, devil, gossip, get to, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, criminate, chew out, yap away, beat, arouse, cane, trounce, tease, taunt, bring up, slash, berate, lecture, raise, conjure, nark, natter, grumble, rag, crush, confab, rattle on, torment, ride, chew up, irritate, tantalize, underdress, strap, chew, rally, claver, flog, remonstrate, chat, vanquish, yack, chitchat, whip, confabulate, call forth, talk, rebuke, invoke, nettle, vex, call down, evoke, lambast, yack away, bother, gravel, shoot the breeze, stir, take to task, chaffer, welt, lather, bawl out, point out, dress down, visit, call on the carpet, twit, masticate, chatter, beat out, have words, chew the fat, chafe, scold, shell, conjure up, put forward
Dictionary of English Synonymes
jawnoun
Synonyms:
maxillary bone, jaw-bonejawnoun
Synonyms:
[Low.] scolding, abuse, railing, vituperation, abusive talk
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
jawnoun
Synonyms:
Jawbone, jowl, maxilla (upper jaw), mandible (lower jaw)jawnoun
Associated words:
gnathic, gnathism, gnathic index, undershot, overshot, prognathous, prognathism, prognathic, orthognathous, orthognathism, mesognathous, gonion, paragnathous, inframaxillary, intermaxillary, submaxillary, maxillary, supramaxillary, admaxillary, lantern-jawedjawverb
Synonyms:
(Low) scold, upbraid, berate, clamor, rail at
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#94 | click | |
#374 | call | |
#399 | visit | |
#816 | talk | |
#962 | chat | |
#2851 | beat | |
#2968 | ride | |
#3551 | raise | |
#3616 | shell | |
#4316 | lecture | |
#5117 | devil | |
#5515 | consult | |
#5595 | strap | |
#5985 | cod | |
#6609 | rally | |
#9152 | gossip | |
#9781 | impose | |
#9936 | bother | |
#10284 | stir | |
#11611 | chin | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12583 | cane | |
#12767 | whip | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#13099 | inspect | |
#13704 | bait | |
#13997 | slash | |
#14387 | jaw | |
#15810 | rag | |
#16053 | invoke | |
#17420 | tease | |
#17819 | chew | |
#18842 | chatter | |
#19524 | dun | |
#20785 | annoy | |
#20809 | confer | |
#25246 | zhao | |
#26241 | welt | |
#29210 | torment | |
#29725 | lash | |
#29834 | evoke | |
#34028 | inflict | |
#42143 | censure | |
#42240 | nettle | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#43704 | conjure | |
#44368 | reprimand | |
#45992 | rebuke | |
#47688 | irritate | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#50234 | razz | |
#53644 | taunt | |
#54523 | vex | |
#57408 | grumble | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#58020 | lather | |
#59455 | clack | |
#59968 | haggle | |
#62512 | twit | |
#62904 | flog | |
#73551 | scold | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#86505 | grouch | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#95599 | blab | |
#98647 | blabber | |
#100407 | piffle | |
#101001 | chitchat | |
#102071 | prattle | |
#102240 | tattle | |
#105484 | reproof | |
#116298 | berate | |
#116761 | twaddle | |
#119502 | palaver | |
#122207 | natter | |
#122461 | confab | |
#126122 | chide | |
#127183 | rile | |
#128384 | maunder | |
#144808 | trounce | |
#148246 | tantalize | |
#148537 | huckster | |
#154513 | yack | |
#177826 | gibber | |
#189313 | claver | |
#216211 | bedevil | |
#231498 | nark | |
#231985 | prate | |
#235554 | remonstrate | |
#275657 | gabble | |
#284627 | lambaste | |
#304391 | lambast | |
#307476 | criminate | |
#319135 | chaffer | |
#321242 | tantalise |
How to use jaw in a sentence?
I saw his face on the news, and my jaw dropped, my cousin called me first and said, ‘Can you believe this?’ The picture of Charlie Manson was the guy on the back of this horse. And we thought for a second, oh my god, what if? It was very freaky, to say the least. Oh, man.
In surgery that July, they managed to remove most of the tumor and the treatment took care of the remaining cells, unfortunately, they had to take segments of her jaw and skull and they damaged a nerve in her face that can never be repaired. She cant really feel anything on that side. It affects her speech, it affects her eating.Her right eye doesnt close. I have to shut it when shes asleep.
I think it was a bit of a long shot -- it looks like it tried to grab the neck of the woodpecker to break it, i think that it probably doesn't have a big enough jaw to bite through the spine of the woodpecker.
They had a sound system. It was being broadcast throughout the whole restaurant, we could hear every word. And when the lady introduced John Mattingly, my jaw dropped.
He was notified of the referring of his case regarding Jaw prison and the Yemen war to the High Criminal Court for trial, the first hearing will be on 12 July 2016. Nabeel may face up to 13 years of imprisonment if convicted in that case.
Translations for jaw
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- ацламҳәаAbkhaz
- kaakAfrikaans
- فكArabic
- çənəAzerbaijani
- сківіцаBelarusian
- челюстBulgarian
- mandíbulaCatalan, Valencian
- čelistCzech
- kæbeDanish
- Unterkiefer, Kiefer, Kinnbacke, OberkieferGerman
- σαγόνιGreek
- makzeloEsperanto
- mandíbulaSpanish
- lõualuu, lõugEstonian
- فک, آروارهPersian
- leukaluu, leukaFinnish
- mâchoire, mâchoire supérieure, mâchoire inférieureFrench
- giallScottish Gaelic
- tañykãGuaraní
- जबड़ाHindi
- állkapocsHungarian
- ծնոտArmenian
- rahangIndonesian
- masheloIdo
- kjálkiIcelandic
- ganascia, mandibolaItalian
- 齶Japanese
- ყბაGeorgian
- жақKazakh
- ថ្គាម, ឆ្អឹងថ្គាមKhmer
- 턱Korean
- жаакKyrgyz
- maxillaLatin
- ຄາງLao
- žandikaulisLithuanian
- žoklisLatvian
- челуст, вилицаMacedonian
- эрүүMongolian
- rahangMalay
- ပါးချိတ်ရိုးBurmese
- kaakDutch
- kjeveNorwegian
- ayaatsʼiinNavajo, Navaho
- szczęka, czeluśćPolish
- mandíbulaPortuguese
- mandibulă, maxilar, falcă, mandibuleRomanian
- че́люстьRussian
- чељуст, вилица, čeljust, vilicaSerbo-Croatian
- čeľusťSlovak
- čeljustSlovene
- nofullaAlbanian
- käkeSwedish
- ҷоғTajik
- กรามThai
- äň, eňekTurkmen
- çeneTurkish
- щелепаUkrainian
- جبڑاUrdu
- jag'Uzbek
- xương hàm, hàm, quai hàmVietnamese
- löpamaxül, maxül, donamaxülVolapük
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