nose

UK [nəʊ̯z] · CA, US [noʊ̯z]

Etymology From Middle English nose, from Old English nosu, from Proto-West Germanic *nosu, variant of *nasō, old dual from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s- ~ *nh₂es- (“nose, nostril”). See also Saterland Frisian Noose, West Frisian noas, Dutch neus, Swedish nos, Norwegian nos (“snout”), Low German Nääs, German Nase, Swedish näsa, Norwegian nese, Danish næse (“nose”); also Latin nāris (“nostril”), nāsus (“nose”), Lithuanian nósis, Russian нос (nos), Sanskrit नासा (nā́sā, “nostrils”).

Synonyms

tab, nose, beak, beezer, boko, conk, honker, hooter, neb, pecker, proboscis, schnozz, schnozzle, schnozzola, schnoz, smeller, sneck, sniffer, snitch, snoot, snotbox, snout, trunk

Derived terms

265 terms

aquiline nose, Australasian pig-nose turtle, banana-nose, banana nose, bignose, bishop's nose, blacknose, bloodied nose, blood nose, bloody nose, blow one's nose, bluenose, blue-nosed, bluntnose, bottlenose, bottle-nose, bottle-nose dolphin, brownnose, bullet-nose, bullnose, bull's nose, button nose, camel's nose, cherry nose, clown nose, coke nose, conenose, copper nose, cownose, cut off one's nose to spite one's face, dicknose, dog-nose, dog's nose, Dudley nose, ear, nose and throat, empty nose syndrome, e-nose, flatnose, follow one's nose, fucknose, get up someone's nose, give someone a bloody nose, hard-nose, hard nose, have someone's nose wide open, hawknose, hawk-nose, hawk nose, hognose, hold one's nose, hold one's nose up, hooknose, in front of one's nose, I've got your nose, Jewish nose, Jew nose, Jew's nose, Jolly Nose, keep one's nose clean, largenose, lead around by the nose, lead by the nose, longnose, long-nose, look beyond the end of one's nose, look beyond the tip of one's nose, look down one's nose, look past the end of one's nose, look past the tip of one's nose, neb-nose, needlenose, needle-nose gar, nigger nose, nollie, nose about, nose ape, nose around, nose art, nosebag, nose-bag, nose bag, noseband, nosebar, nosebeard, nose beer, nose bit, nosebleeder, nosebleeding, nosebleed, nose bleed, nose blindness, nose-blind, nose blind, noseblood, nose-bonk, nose bonk, nose bridge, noseburn, nose butter, nosebutter, nose-candy, nose candy, nose cap, noseclip, nose cone, nose count, nosed, nose-dead, nose-deaf, nose deaf, nosedive, nose-dive, nose-ender, nose-first, nose flute, noseful, nosegay, nosegear, nose gear, nose glasses, nose goes, nosegrind, nose grind, noseguard, nose guard, nose hair, nosehole, nose in the air, nose-ish, nose-job, nose job, nose key, nose kiss, noseleaf, nose leather, nose-led, noseless, noselift, noselike, nose line, nosely, nose monkey, noseness, nose-nipper, nose of wax, nose out of joint, nose pad, nose paint, nose peg, nose-pick, nose-picker, nose-picking, nosepiece, nose piece, nose piercing, nosepin, noseplug, nose poke, nose powder, noseprint, nose putty, noser, noseride, nose-ringed, nosering, nose ring, noseshot, nose-shot, noseslide, nose slide, nosesmart, nose strip, nose stud, nose-suspended, nose tackle, nose test, nose-to-nose, nose to tail, nose to the grindstone, nose trimmer, noseward, nosewards, noseweight, nosewheel, nose wheelie, nose whistle, nosewing, nosewise, nosewitness, noseworthy, nosie, no skin off one's nose, nostril, nosy, nouse, nozzle, nussy, on the nose, parson's nose, pay through the nose, pick one's nose, pig-nose turtle, pin a rose on your nose, pinch-nose glasses, plain as the nose on one's face, poke one's nose into, pope's nose, powder one's nose, prodnose, pug nose, Red Nose Day, red-nose tetra, ring in one's nose, Roman nose, rub someone's nose in, rummy nose, rummy-nose tetra, runny nose, saddlenose, saddle nose, beyond the end of one's nose, beyond the tip of one's nose, past the end of one's nose, past the tip of one's nose, shortnose, shovelnose, ski-jump nose, ski jump nose, ski-nose, ski nose, ski-ramp nose, ski ramp nose, ski-slope nose, ski slope nose, snotnose, snot-nose, snub-nose, snub nose, socked on the nose, softnose, soft-nose, soft nose, starnose, stick one's nose in, stick one's nose into, stumpnose, sultan's nose, talk through one's nose, the nose knows, thrust one's nose in, thumb one's nose, toffee-nose, tubenose, turn one's nose up, turn up one's nose, undernose, under one's nose, under one's very nose, under someone's nose, up your nose with a rubber hose, whipnose, whitenose, white nose syndrome, win by a nose, wipe someone's nose

Related terms

25 terms

rhino-, 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, 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

Hyponyms

aquiline nose, button nose, hooknose, pug nose, Roman nose, snub nose

Holonyms

countenance, face, head, body, muzzle

Meronyms

bridge, columella, greater alar cartilage, naris, nasal bone, nasal cavity, nasal septum, nose bridge, nosewing, nostril, septum