Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pig

6 senses of pig

Sense 1
hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa -- (domestic swine)
       => swine -- (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

Sense 2
slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person -- (a coarse obnoxious person)
       => vulgarian -- (a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth))

Sense 3
hog, pig -- (a person regarded as greedy and pig-like)
       => selfish person -- (a person who is unusually selfish)

Sense 4
bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig -- (uncomplimentary terms for a policeman)
       => policeman, police officer, officer -- (a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer")

Sense 5
pig bed, pig -- (mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast)
       => mold, mould, cast -- (container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens)

Sense 6
pig -- (a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace)
       => ingot, metal bar, block of metal -- (metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pig

3 senses of pig

Sense 1
pig, pig it -- (live like a pig, in squalor)
       => live -- (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war")

Sense 2
devour, guttle, raven, pig -- (eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches")
       => eat -- (take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?")

Sense 3
farrow, pig -- (give birth; "sows farrow")
       => give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have -- (cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!")

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