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

Need another word that means the same as “pig”? Find 34 synonyms and 30 related words for “pig” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Pig” are: grunter, hog, squealer, sus scrofa, pig bed, bull, cop, copper, fuzz, slob, sloven, boar, sow, porker, swine, piglet, glutton, guzzler, gobbler, gorger, gourmand, gourmandizer, binge eater, brute, monster, devil, devour, guttle, raven, pig it, farrow, stuff, cram, fill

Pig as a Noun

Definitions of "Pig" as a noun

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

• A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.
• A crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace.
• A police officer.
• A coarse obnoxious person.
• A device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.
• The flesh of a pig as food.
• Mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast.
• A greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person.
• An oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.
• Domestic swine.
• A wild animal of the pig family; a hog.
• A young pig; a piglet.
• Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
• An omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.

Synonyms of "Pig" as a noun (26 Words)

binge eater	Any act of immoderate indulgence.
boar	The flesh of the wild boar as food.
brute	A cruelly rapacious person. He was a cold blooded brute.
bull	A bullseye. He made a bad bull of the assignment.
cop	Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. He had the cop on to stay clear of Hugh Thornley.
copper	A reddish brown color resembling the color of polished copper. She had copper coloured hair.
devil	Expressing surprise or annoyance in various questions or exclamations. The work of the devil.
fuzz	A frizzy mass of hair or fibre. His face was covered with white fuzz.
glutton	Musteline mammal of northern Eurasia. He s a glutton for adventure.
gobbler	Male turkey. Filling his mouth with rice and peas he really was a greedy gobbler.
gorger	Someone who eats food rapidly and greedily.
gourmand	A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much.
gourmandizer	A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
grunter	A fish that makes a grunting noise, especially when caught.
guzzler	A person who eats or drinks something greedily. He is a noted soft drink guzzler.
hog	A wild animal of the pig family for example a warthog.
monster	A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus. He was an unfeeling treacherous monster.
pig bed	A coarse obnoxious person.
piglet	A young pig.
porker	A fat person.
slob	Muddy land. He s a slob and expects others to clean up after him.
sloven	A coarse obnoxious person.
sow	An adult female hog.
squealer	One who reveals confidential information in return for money. His chances of further employment have been damaged because some will view him as a squealer.
sus scrofa	Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States.
swine	Something that is very difficult or unpleasant to deal with. A contagious viral disease of animals that primarily affects swine.

Usage Examples of "Pig" as a noun

• I bet he's scoffed them all, greedy pig.
• Were the pigs there when the windows were smashed or not?

Pig as a Verb

Definitions of "Pig" as a verb

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

• Gorge oneself with food.
• Live like a pig, in squalor.
• Give birth.
• Give birth to (piglets.
• Eat greedily.
• (of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.
• Operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline.

Synonyms of "Pig" as a verb (8 Words)

cram	Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam. They all crammed into the car.
devour	(of fire or a similar force) destroy completely. He devoured three sandwiches.
farrow	(of a sow) give birth to (piglets. Sows farrow.
fill	Fill to satisfaction. Fill the child with pride.
guttle	Eat greedily.
pig it	Eat greedily.
raven	Feed greedily. The lions ravened the bodies.
stuff	Fill with a stuffing while cooking. An old teapot stuffed full of cash.

Usage Examples of "Pig" as a verb

• They will carry out all trenching and pigging.
• He'd pigged himself on the last of the food.
• We've been pigging ourselves on all the cuisines in LA.

Associations of "Pig" (30 Words)

animal	An animal as opposed to a human being. Tissues of animal and vegetable protein.
boar	The flesh of the wild boar as food.
camel	A yellowish fawn colour like that of camel hair. A camel coat.
carnivore	A mammal of the order Carnivora. Terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb.
cat	Used in names of catlike animals of other families e g native cat ring tailed cat. This West Coast cat had managed him since the early 80s.
cattle	Animals of a group related to domestic cattle including yak bison and buffaloes. So many head of cattle.
deer	A hoofed grazing or browsing animal, with branched bony antlers that are shed annually and typically borne only by the male.
domesticate	Make (someone) fond of and good at home life and the tasks that it involves. The potato was first domesticated on Andean slopes.
domesticated	Fond of home life and housework. Domesticated plants like maize.
equine	A horse or other member of the horse family. Equine infectious anaemia.
fox	The grey or reddish brown fur of a fox. To his mind everybody was dodging and foxing.
goat	A wild mammal related to the goat such as the ibex. Just for once stop acting the goat.
graze	(of an animal) feed on (grass or grassland. Advertisers should not encourage children to graze on snacks or sweets.
herbivore	An animal that feeds on plants. Predatory carnivores and their herbivore prey.
livestock	Farm animals regarded as an asset. Markets for the trading of livestock.
mutton	Meat from a mature domestic sheep. A leg of mutton.
omnivore	An animal or person that eats a variety of food of both plant and animal origin.
piggy	A child’s word for a pig or piglet. The piggy fat cheeked little boy and his porcine pot bellied father.
porcine	Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy. His flushed porcine features.
pork	A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents. Roast pork.
raven	Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail. Thick raven hair.
ruminant	Of or belonging to ruminants. A ruminant animal.
sheep	A member of a minister’s congregation. Party members should not follow their leader like sheep.
sloven	A coarse obnoxious person.
sow	Place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth. The field used to be sown with oats.
squint	Be cross eyed have a squint or strabismus. Her left eye squinted slightly.
sty	A pigsty. The place is a real sty beer and wine bottles all over the place.
swine	Stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals. What an arrogant unfeeling swine.
venison	Meat from a deer used as food. Venison steaks.
wildlife	All living things (except people) that are undomesticated. Chemicals could kill all the wildlife.