Thesaurus:mouth

THESAURUS

mouth

English

Synonyms
  • bazoo (US, slang)
  • cakehole (slang)
  • chops (plural only)
  • gob (slang)
  • kisser (slang)
  • laughing gear (slang)
  • maw
  • mouth
  • mush (slang)
  • ned (obsolete)
  • north and south (Cockney rhyming slang)
  • oral cavity
  • os
  • piehole (slang)
  • puss (slang)
  • sucker
  • trap (slang)
  • yap (slang)
Meronyms
  • grill (slang)
  • gums
  • jaw
  • lip
  • palate
  • tooth    [WS]
  • tongue
Holonyms
  • countenance    [WS]
  • face
  • head    [WS]
  • body    [WS]
  • snout
  • muzzle
  •   —
  • facial expression    [WS]
  • mien
Hypernym
  • body part
  • orifice
Various
  • a closed mouth gathers no feet
  • all mouth and trousers
  • bad taste in one's mouth
  • butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
  • don't look a gift horse in the mouth
  • down in the mouth
  • foam at the mouth
  • hush one's mouth
  • keep a civil tongue in one's mouth
  • keep one's mouth shut
  • lie ill in one's mouth
  • mouth of a sailor
  • one's heart in one's mouth
  • open one's big mouth
  • out of the mouths of babes
  • potty mouth
  • put words in someone's mouth
  • put one's foot in one's mouth
  • put one's money where one's mouth is
  • shoot off at the mouth
  • shut one's mouth
  • straight from the horse's mouth
  • wash your mouth out
  • watch one's mouth

See also

  • Thesaurus:smile

Further reading

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