jaw - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

Synonyms

• jaw

More generic

• holding device

Related

• alligator clip
• bench vise
• bulldog clip
• chuck
• pair of pliers
• pliers
• plyers
• spanner
• vise
• wrench

Noun

the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

Synonyms

• jaw

More generic

• bone
• os

More specific

• chop
• jawbone
• jowl
• lower jaw
• lower jawbone
• mandible
• mandibula
• mandibular bone
• maxilla
• maxillary
• submaxilla
• upper jaw
• upper jawbone

Related

• alveolar arch
• alveolar process
• alveolar ridge
• gum ridge

Related

• skull

Noun

the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

Synonyms

• jaw

More generic

• feature
• lineament

Related

• face
• human face

Verb

censure severely or angrily

Synonyms

• bawl out
• berate
• call down
• call on the carpet
• chew out
• chew up
• chide
• dress down
• have words
• jaw
• lambast
• lambaste
• lecture
• rag
• rebuke
• remonstrate
• reprimand
• scold
• take to task
• trounce

More generic

• criticise
• criticize
• knock
• pick apart

More specific

• brush down
• castigate
• chasten
• chastise
• correct
• objurgate
• tell off

Verb

talk incessantly and tiresomely

Synonyms

• jaw
• rattle on
• yack
• yack away
• yap away

More generic

• mouth
• speak
• talk
• utter
• verbalise
• verbalize

Verb

talk socially without exchanging too much information

Synonyms

• chaffer
• chat
• chatter
• chew the fat
• chit-chat
• chitchat
• claver
• confab
• confabulate
• gossip
• jaw
• natter
• shoot the breeze
• visit

More generic

• converse
• discourse

More specific

• jawbone
• schmoose
• schmooze
• shmoose
• shmooze

Verb

chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

Synonyms

• chew
• jaw
• manducate
• masticate

More generic

• grate
• grind

More specific

• champ
• chaw
• chomp
• crunch
• gnaw
• gum
• mumble
• munch

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