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

Need another word that means the same as “tongue”? Find 36 synonyms and 30 related words for “tongue” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Tongue” are: spit, clapper, glossa, lingua, knife, natural language, manner of speaking, way of speaking, manner of talking, way of talking, form of expression, mode of expression, choice of words, language, dialect, patois, vernacular, mother tongue, native tongue, jargon, argot, cant, pidgin, creole, lingua franca, promontory, headland, point, head, foreland, cape, peninsula, bluff, ness, naze, horn

Tongue as a Noun

Definitions of "Tongue" as a noun

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

• The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot.
• A jet of flame.
• A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.
• Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side.
• Used in reference to a person's style or manner of speaking.
• The equivalent organ in other vertebrates, sometimes used (in snakes) as a scent organ or (in chameleons) for catching food.
• A manner of speaking.
• The vibrating reed of a musical instrument or organ pipe.
• The tongue of certain animals used as meat.
• A particular language.
• Any long thin projection that is transient.
• An analogous organ in insects, formed from some of the mouthparts and used in feeding.
• A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
• A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language.
• A strip of leather or fabric under the laces in a shoe, attached only at the front end.
• A long, low promontory of land.
• A projecting strip on a wooden board fitting into a groove on another.
• The free-swinging metal piece inside a bell which is made to strike the bell to produce the sound.
• The pin of a buckle.
• The tongue of an ox or lamb as food.
• The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.

Synonyms of "Tongue" as a noun (36 Words)

argot	The jargon or slang of a particular group or class. Teenage argot.
bluff	The act of bluffing in poker deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards. His bluff succeeded in getting him accepted.
cant	Insincere talk about religion or morals. Thieves cant.
cape	A sleeveless cloak, typically a short one. He was wearing a flowing cape.
choice of words	One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen.
clapper	The tongue or striker of a bell.
creole	A mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages.
dialect	The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. It has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy.
foreland	An area of land bordering on another or lying in front of a particular feature.
form of expression	The visual appearance of something or someone.
glossa	A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
head	Usually plural the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person s head. The head of the humerus.
headland	A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea.
horn	A receptacle made of horn such as a drinking container or powder flask. The horn of an anvil.
jargon	Special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand. Legal jargon.
knife	Any long thin projection that is transient.
language	Coarse or offensive language. The song uses colloquial language.
lingua	A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
lingua franca	A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
manner of speaking	A kind.
manner of talking	A way of acting or behaving.
mode of expression	Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.
mother tongue	A condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation.
native tongue	A person born in a particular place or country.
natural language	Someone regarded as certain to succeed.
naze	A cape at the southern tip of Norway.
ness	A strip of land projecting into a body of water. Orford Ness.
patois	A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard. The nurse talked to me in a patois that even Italians would have had difficulty in understanding.
peninsula	A large mass of land projecting into a body of water.
pidgin	Denoting a simplified form of a language, especially as used by a non-native speaker. We exchanged greetings communicating in pidgin Spanish.
point	A V shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer. He stuck the point of the knife into a tree.
promontory	A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea. A rocky promontory.
spit	The act of spitting forcefully expelling saliva.
vernacular	The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language. Gardening vernacular.
way of speaking	A general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of.
way of talking	Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another.

Usage Examples of "Tongue" as a noun

• Tongues of flame licked at the walls.
• A tongue of flame flashed from the gun.
• A galantine of tongue.
• She has a glib tongue.
• The girls were singing in their native tongue.
• He spoke with a thick tongue.
• He was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue.

Associations of "Tongue" (30 Words)

acidic	Relating to or denoting steel-making processes involving silica-rich refractories and slags. A cocktail of acidic pollutants.
acidulous	Being sour to the taste.
bitterness	A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. He expressed bitterness over his dismissal without notice.
brow	An eyebrow. The sun set behind the brow of distant hills.
cheek	Either of two side pieces or parts arranged in lateral pairs in a structure. Tears rolled down her cheeks.
chin	Draw one s body up so that one s chin is level with or above a horizontal bar with one s feet off the ground as an exercise. He looked about ready to chin someone.
choking	A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx. No evidence that the choking was done by the accused.
epiglottis	A flap of cartilage behind the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
forehead	The part of the face above the eyes.
halitosis	Offensive breath.
hyoid	Relating to the hyoid or structures associated with it.
jaw	The lower movable bone of the jaw or the part of the face containing it. A passenger stepping from the jaws of a car ferry.
larynx	The hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box.
lemon	A distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons. A lemon T shirt.
lick	A salt deposit that animals regularly lick. All right Mary I know when I m licked.
lingua	A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
lip	Used to refer to a person’s speech or to current topics of conversation. The cockpit is protected by a lip extending from the roof.
mouth	Touch with the mouth. He stuffed his mouth with candy.
nose	Rub noses. The nose of the saddle.
oral	Using speech rather than writing. The oral mucous membrane.
palate	A person’s ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavours. A wine with a zingy peachy palate.
pharynx	The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates.
sour	Make sour or more sour. A rum sour.
spoken	Uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination. A spoken message.
taste	A kind of sensing distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds. Can you taste the garlic.
throat	A thing compared to a throat especially a narrow passage entrance or exit. The throat of a chimney.
tooth	Toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell. Tooth decay.
verbal	A verbal statement containing a damaging admission alleged to have been made to the police and offered as evidence by the prosecution. You put me to forget a lady s manners by being so verbal.
verbally	By means of words. A love he can never express verbally.
vinegar	A sour-tasting liquid containing acetic acid, obtained by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids, typically wine, cider, or beer, and used as a condiment or for pickling. Her aggrieved tone held a touch of vinegar.