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