Thesaurus:nose

THESAURUS

nose

English

Synonyms

nose

beak

beezer

boko (dated, UK)

conk

honker

hooter

neb

pecker (UK)

proboscis

schnozz

schnozzle

schnozzola

schnoz

smeller

sneck (UK)

sniffer

snitch

snoot

snotbox

snout

trunk (of an elephant)

Hyponyms

aquiline nose

button nose

hooknose

pug nose

Roman nose

snub nose

Meronyms

bridge

columella

greater alar cartilage

naris

nasal bone

nasal cavity

nasal septum

nose bridge

nosewing

nostril

septum

Holonyms

countenance [WS]

face

head [WS]

body [WS]

muzzle

Various

brownnose

cut off one's nose to spite one's face

get up someone's nose

hard-nosed

in front of one's nose

I've got your nose

keep one's nose clean

keep one's pecker up (UK)

look down one's nose

the nose knows

nose out of joint

nose to the grindstone

no skin off one's nose

on the nose

pay through the nose

plain as the nose on one's face

poke one's nose into

powder one's nose

see past the end of one's nose

stick one's nose in

stick one's nose into

toffee-nosed

under one's nose

win by a nose

See also

rhinology (study of the nose)
nasology

otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat)

Further reading

“nose” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“nose” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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