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

5 senses of snake

Sense 1
snake, serpent, ophidian -- (limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous)
       => diapsid, diapsid reptile -- (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)

Sense 2
snake, snake in the grass -- (a deceitful or treacherous person)
       => bad person -- (a person who does harm to others)

Sense 3
Snake, Snake River -- (a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Sense 4
Hydra, Snake -- (a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer)
       INSTANCE OF=> constellation -- (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 5
snake -- (something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake)
       => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")

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

3 senses of snake

Sense 1
snake -- (move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake)
       => glide -- (move smoothly and effortlessly)

Sense 2
snake -- (form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley")
       => wind, twist, curve -- (extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest")

Sense 3
snake -- (move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle")
       => weave, wind, thread, meander, wander -- (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body")