REPTILES Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

reptiles

noun

plural of reptile

as in dogs

a person whose behavior is offensive to others the actor plays a total reptile who's somehow still a hit with the ladies

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Recent Examples of reptiles The aquarium has helped more than 3,300 trafficked animals, including corals, reptiles, fish and axolotls. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Due to conservation efforts, the crocodile population in South Florida is believed to be well above 2,000 reptiles, according to the FWC. — David Goodhue august 27, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Based on ancient bones discovered in the Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve on Mount Carmel, Natufian diets were heavy on lizards, snakes, and other desert reptiles. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026 According to Tate, the reptiles typically climb aboard a vehicle in pursuit of a meal. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Some of the reptiles can sell for around $630 each in Japan, according to reports. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Look for a variety of birds of prey, slithering reptiles, and little critters that run from here to there. — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Insects belong to the kingdom Animalia, along with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, octopuses, snails, jellyfish, worms, and many other groups. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 Some particularly improbable accounts claimed that African American mothers rented out their babies to hunters seeking to attract the reptiles. — The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Four months later, he was seen last weekend walking dogs, taking walks, enjoying a cup of coffee in a garage, and even stopping to sift through neighborhood trash items on the side of the street.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
AutoCamp Catskills not only allows dogs (for a fee of $75 per stay for up to two dogs), but welcomes them.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of dogs

Noun

That screwed up the works / And not due to his sloppy hiring / Of a crew of incompetent jerks.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Something from this article might put me on some Ben Shapiro list, where a bunch of jerks literally will just call me ‘f****t’ or worse on my social media.

— William Earl, Variety, 10 June 2026

Definition of jerks

Noun

Yusef Toubassi sits with his grandson Masa, looking on as children run by with cheeks painted bright colors and others howling with joy as clowns spin them around.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026
One morning during my stay, there were even clowns buzzing about—a thrill to receive a balloon poodle alongside my morning flat white.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

Definition of clowns

Noun

Rather than killing the snakes found on its property, Cat Haven relocates them to areas farther from the cats, according to Anderson.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Not a forest by any means, but a small woods where there are squirrels and chipmunks, probably snakes and skunks, rabbits and, now and then, passing through on some mysterious transient route, a deer or a family of deer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of snakes

Noun

The miracle behind Cruz’s discovery is that amphibians such as frogs, toads and salamanders rarely make it into the fossil records because of their fragile skeletons.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
One spring, Morgan visited a forest outside London and came upon two dead female toads in a pond.

— Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

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