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

4 senses of snuff

Sense 1
snuff -- (the charred portion of a candlewick)
       => char -- (a charred substance)

Sense 2
snuff -- (a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time)
       => touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon -- (a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic")

Sense 3
snuff -- (finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose)
       => tobacco, baccy -- (leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion)

Sense 4
sniff, snuff -- (sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose)
       => smell, smelling -- (the act of perceiving the odor of something)

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

2 senses of snuff

Sense 1
snuff, snuffle -- (sniff or smell inquiringly)
       => smell -- (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)

Sense 2
snuff -- (inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke")
       => inhale, inspire, breathe in -- (draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well")

Antonyms of adj snuff

1 sense of snuff

Sense 1
snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown -- (snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown)

INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic, neutral -- (having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white")

Similarity of adj snuff

1 sense of snuff

Sense 1
snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown -- (snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown)
       => chromatic (vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue)

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