GRUNT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GRUNT?

Need another word that means the same as “grunt”? Find 7 synonyms for “grunt” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Grunt” are: oink, private soldier, common soldier, driving force, horsepower, hp, acceleration

Grunt as a Noun

Definitions of "Grunt" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “grunt” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker.
• Mechanical power, especially in a motor vehicle.
• The short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs.
• A low-ranking soldier or unskilled worker.
• An edible shoaling fish of tropical coasts and coral reefs, able to make a loud noise by grinding its teeth and amplifying the sound in the swim bladder.
• Medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught.
• A low, short guttural sound made by an animal or a person.

Synonyms of "Grunt" as a noun (7 Words)

Usage Examples of "Grunt" as a noun

• What the big wagon needs is grunt, and the turbo does the business.
• He went from grunt to senior executive vice president in five years.
• He answered with a grunt and made no further reply.
• He went from grunt to chairman in six years.
• Infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts.
• With snorts and grunts the animals were coaxed down the ramp.