837 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ nˈɔː], [ nˈɔː], [ n_ˈɔː]

Similar words for gnaw:

• other relevant words (noun)
• annoy (verb)
• be bothered, worried about (verb)
• beleaguer (verb)
• bite (verb)
• bite, chew (verb)
• cause injury, loss (verb)
• chew (verb)
• contact (verb)
• corrode (verb)
• damage (verb)
• eat (verb)
• erode (verb)
• graze (verb)
• harass (verb)
• harry (verb)
• nibble (verb)
• tantalize (verb)
• tease (verb)
• waste (verb)
• other synonyms
• beleaguer
• chew
• corrode
• damage
• eat
• needle
• nibble
• other relevant words
• tantalize
• waste
• other relevant words (noun)

Hyponyms for gnaw

Synonyms for Gnaw:

• n.

  •
  • chew up,
  • chatter.
  •
  • attack,
  • gnash,
  • ingestion.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • eat at,
  • gnaw at,
  • wear away,
  • pick,
  • gnaw away at,
  • gnaw off,
  • bite off.

• v.

  • annoy (verb)
  • asks for it,
  • be the back of,
  • ex asperating,
  • wast back of,
  • pushing button,
  • works on,
  • were on the back of,
  • dis tressed,
  • ex-asperating,
  • be devilled,
  • being on the back of,
  • toffing,
  • burns up,
  • were at,
  • asked for it,
  • be deviled,
  • be on back of,
  • are back of,
  • was back of,
  • be-devilled,
  • ex asperates,
  • were on back of,
  • wert back of,
  • t-offed,
  • are on back of,
  • wast on back of,
  • asking for it,
  • dis pleasing,
  • dis please,
  • be devil,
  • t offing,
  • be-deviling,
  • dis pleased,
  • t offed,
  • be devilling,
  • be-devils,
  • be back of,
  • dis tresses,
  • is on the back of,
  • dis-tressed,
  • wast at,
  • ex-asperates,
  • ticking off,
  • are the back of,
  • burnt up,
  • pushes button,
  • art the back of,
  • was the back of,
  • being back of,
  • is the back of,
  • ex-asperated,
  • hits where one lives,
  • hits where lives,
  • t off,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis pleases,
  • toffed,
  • ex asperate,
  • being on back of,
  • is back of,
  • are on the back of,
  • dis-tress,
  • wert on back of,
  • art back of,
  • be deviling,
  • hitting where lives,
  • dis-pleased,
  • ex-asperate,
  • wast on the back of,
  • being the back of,
  • hit where lives,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • be-devilling,
  • was on back of,
  • heating up,
  • be-deviled,
  • ticks off,
  • am back of,
  • wast the back of,
  • is at,
  • am at,
  • wrought on,
  • hitting where one lives,
  • are at,
  • am the back of,
  • be devils,
  • wert on the back of,
  • being at,
  • t-offs,
  • was on the back of,
  • making waves,
  • is on back of,
  • were back of,
  • wert the back of,
  • art at,
  • am on back of,
  • was at,
  • wert at,
  • dis-pleases,
  • be-devil,
  • were the back of,
  • made waves,
  • dis-please,
  • firing up,
  • pushed button,
  • t offs,
  • t-offing,
  • dis tress,
  • am on the back of.
  • be bothered, worried about (verb)
  • trouble,
  • beleague,
  • fret,
  • haunt,
  • prey on one's mind,
  • rankle,
  • irritate,
  • annoy,
  • distress,
  • bedevil,
  • pester.
  • beleaguer (verb)
  • be leaguers,
  • be setting,
  • be-set,
  • puts upon,
  • be leaguered,
  • putting upon,
  • setting upon,
  • be sets,
  • be-leaguering,
  • be-setting,
  • be-leaguer,
  • be-leaguers,
  • puts up on,
  • putting up on,
  • put up on,
  • sets up on,
  • be-leaguered,
  • setting up on,
  • be-sets,
  • be leaguer,
  • set up on,
  • be leaguering.
  • bite (verb)
  • chawing on,
  • takes chunk out of,
  • taking a chunk out of,
  • take chunk out of,
  • taking chunk out of,
  • chaws on,
  • took chunk out of,
  • took a chunk out of,
  • chawed on,
  • takes a chunk out of.
  • bite, chew (verb)
  • consume,
  • devour,
  • gum,
  • eat away,
  • masticate,
  • munch,
  • chaw.
  • cause injury, loss (verb)
  • damage(s).
  • chew (verb)
  • dis-patching,
  • dis-patch,
  • dis-patched,
  • feasted upon,
  • Manducated,
  • dis patching,
  • feast up on,
  • Manducating,
  • dis patched,
  • dis patch,
  • dis patches,
  • feasts up on,
  • dis-patches,
  • feasting up on,
  • feasted up on,
  • feasting upon,
  • manducates.
  • contact (verb)
  • gnaw.
  • corrode (verb)
  • de stroyed,
  • de stroying,
  • de stroys,
  • de stroy,
  • de-stroys,
  • de-stroy,
  • de-stroyed,
  • de-stroying.
  • damage (verb)
  • banging up,
  • under mined,
  • de-faced,
  • dis mantled,
  • dis-integrates,
  • in-capacitating,
  • under-mining,
  • de filed,
  • de-filed,
  • de faced,
  • in capacitating,
  • de-filing,
  • dis-color,
  • dis mantling,
  • de filing,
  • dis integrated,
  • de-files,
  • de facing,
  • in-capacitates,
  • banged up,
  • disco-loring,
  • dis-figures,
  • de files,
  • wore away,
  • dis-figure,
  • dis integrates,
  • dis-integrating,
  • in capacitates,
  • de face,
  • de-face,
  • de-faces,
  • de file,
  • dis figure,
  • in capacitated,
  • dis-integrate,
  • dis-figuring,
  • de-file,
  • bangs up,
  • in-capacitate,
  • dis color,
  • disco loring,
  • dis integrating,
  • dis-colors,
  • dis-mantle,
  • dis figured,
  • dis-mantled,
  • dis figures,
  • dis-colored,
  • dis colored,
  • dis-mantling,
  • under-mined,
  • dis-integrated,
  • dis coloring,
  • wreaked havoc on,
  • under mining,
  • de faces,
  • dis figuring,
  • dis mantles,
  • wreaks havoc on,
  • in capacitate,
  • dis-figured,
  • wrought havoc on,
  • wreaking havoc on,
  • dis mantle,
  • dis-coloring,
  • dis colors,
  • dis-mantles,
  • in-capacitated,
  • de-facing,
  • dis integrate.
  • eat (verb)
  • de composes,
  • de-composed,
  • runs through,
  • dis solve,
  • dis solves,
  • de-composing,
  • de-compose,
  • de cay,
  • dis-appears,
  • dis appear,
  • dis appears,
  • de composed,
  • de-composes,
  • dis-appear,
  • dis-appeared,
  • dis-solved,
  • dis-solves,
  • dis-solving,
  • dis-solve,
  • de cays,
  • wastes away,
  • de compose,
  • de-cay,
  • dis solving,
  • dis solved,
  • dis appearing,
  • dis-appearing,
  • de-cays,
  • dis appeared,
  • de composing.
  • erode (verb)
  • grinds down,
  • grinded down.
  • graze (verb)
  • up rooted,
  • up rooting,
  • up roots,
  • up root,
  • up-roots,
  • up-root,
  • up-rooted,
  • up-rooting.
  • harass (verb)
  • de-spoiling,
  • giving a bad time,
  • rattling one cage,
  • de-spoiled,
  • give bad time,
  • rattles ones cage,
  • rattled one cage,
  • de spoils,
  • gat to,
  • giving a hard time,
  • gotten to,
  • gives a bad time,
  • rattled ones cage,
  • giving hard time,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • rattle cage,
  • de spoiling,
  • giving bad time,
  • jerks around,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • jerking around,
  • gives bad time,
  • rattled cage,
  • rattling cage,
  • rattles cage,
  • de spoil,
  • noodging,
  • gave a hard time,
  • de-spoil,
  • gives hard time,
  • noodged,
  • give hard time,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • gave hard time,
  • rattles one cage,
  • rattle one cage,
  • gives a hard time,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • de spoiled,
  • gave bad time,
  • de-spoils,
  • gave a bad time.
  • harry (verb)
  • de predated,
  • de predate,
  • de predates,
  • up sets,
  • up setting,
  • up-sets,
  • de-predates,
  • up-set,
  • de-predate,
  • chivies,
  • de-predated,
  • up-setting,
  • de-predating,
  • de predating.
  • nibble (verb)
  • ate like bird,
  • eats like a bird,
  • eats like bird,
  • eating like a bird,
  • noshed on,
  • eat like bird,
  • noshing on,
  • noshes on,
  • ate like a bird,
  • eating like bird.
  • tantalize (verb)
  • kept hanging,
  • makes mouth water,
  • keeps hanging,
  • made mouth water,
  • keeping hanging,
  • making mouth water.
  • tease (verb)
  • sending up,
  • swipes at,
  • swiped at,
  • swiping at.
  • waste (verb)
  • mis-applied,
  • go waste,
  • goes waste,
  • mis-used,
  • wast no avail,
  • mis-employed,
  • art of no avail,
  • poured down the drain,
  • were of no avail,
  • running dry,
  • mis employing,
  • gambling away,
  • de-cline,
  • mis-employing,
  • mis applies,
  • de-creased,
  • am of no avail,
  • being of no avail,
  • gambles away,
  • mis apply,
  • gambled away,
  • mis used,
  • was no avail,
  • de cline,
  • pours down drain,
  • is of no avail,
  • goes to waste,
  • art no avail,
  • de crease,
  • mis-apply,
  • mis applied,
  • frivoled away,
  • de-clines,
  • frivolled away,
  • am no avail,
  • misemploys,
  • going to waste,
  • pours down the drain,
  • runs dry,
  • de creases,
  • mis applying,
  • is no avail,
  • misemployed,
  • pouring down the drain,
  • de-crease,
  • mis-using,
  • pour down drain,
  • de-creases,
  • de clines,
  • mis employs,
  • poured down drain,
  • mis-employ,
  • be no avail,
  • mis using,
  • mis employed,
  • wast of no avail,
  • went waste,
  • ran dry,
  • mis-employs,
  • mis-applies,
  • de creasing,
  • trifled away,
  • mis-applying,
  • de creased,
  • going waste,
  • trifling away,
  • were no avail,
  • went to waste,
  • pouring down drain,
  • ate away,
  • trifles away,
  • frivols away,
  • being no avail,
  • misemploying,
  • frivoling away,
  • frivolling away,
  • wert of no avail,
  • mis employ,
  • was of no avail,
  • de-creasing,
  • wert no avail.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • champ,
  • teethe,
  • bite at.
  •
  • graze,
  • hurt,
  • wear.
  •
  • nip.
  • beleaguer
  • blockading,
  • be set,
  • put upon,
  • siege,
  • sets upon,
  • set upon,
  • sieging,
  • sieged,
  • blockaded,
  • sieges.
  • chew
  • gumming,
  • feast upon,
  • gummed,
  • manducate,
  • gulp,
  • feasts upon.
  • corrode
  • rotted.
  • damage
  • pollute,
  • maltreat,
  • ravaged,
  • tampered with,
  • tampers with,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • tarnishes,
  • tampering with,
  • wearing away,
  • infect,
  • bang up,
  • wears away,
  • tamper with,
  • tore.
  • eat
  • eating,
  • waste away,
  • wasting away,
  • wasted away,
  • eaten.
  • needle
  • needling.
  • nibble
  • snacked,
  • eat like a bird,
  • snacking,
  • nosh on.
  • Other relevant words:
  • Nettles,
  • makes waves,
  • toffs,
  • crunch,
  • Chivied,
  • Infesting,
  • ask for it,
  • Pastured,
  • spoofed,
  • tasting,
  • lay waste,
  • foraging,
  • burning up,
  • get to,
  • Chivying,
  • Toothing,
  • chivy,
  • toff,
  • needle,
  • sent up,
  • irk,
  • plague,
  • noodges,
  • Ragging,
  • tire,
  • jerk around,
  • lays waste,
  • burned up,
  • burn up,
  • jives,
  • Pasturing,
  • jerked around,
  • Harassing,
  • Plaguing,
  • ground down,
  • infests,
  • tantalize,
  • grind down,
  • perturb,
  • harry,
  • up set,
  • teasing,
  • Deviled,
  • working on,
  • heckle,
  • fire up,
  • ticked off,
  • chomp,
  • be on the back of,
  • noodge,
  • heckling,
  • grinding down,
  • toothed,
  • provoke,
  • harass,
  • heated up,
  • erode,
  • plundered,
  • give a bad time,
  • eat,
  • tease,
  • send up,
  • gets to,
  • wear down,
  • heats up,
  • worked on,
  • chumping,
  • got to,
  • nibble,
  • chaw on,
  • Devilling,
  • fires up,
  • ridden,
  • tick off,
  • henpecked,
  • bite,
  • Deviling,
  • harassed,
  • swipe at,
  • tooths,
  • give a hard time,
  • laying waste,
  • getting to,
  • Devilled,
  • chumped,
  • corrode,
  • take a chunk out of,
  • jiving,
  • miff,
  • sends up,
  • laid waste,
  • rattle one's cage,
  • make waves,
  • work on,
  • gall,
  • Gnawing,
  • chew,
  • forayed,
  • beleaguer,
  • be at,
  • jive,
  • foraying,
  • heat up,
  • nag,
  • spoofing,
  • hit where one lives,
  • damage.
  • tantalize
  • keep hanging,
  • led on,
  • leads on,
  • make mouth water,
  • lead on.
  • waste
  • atrophied,
  • Misemploy,
  • Emaciating,
  • be of no avail,
  • gamble away,
  • trifle away,
  • run dry,
  • pour down the drain,
  • emaciates,
  • eats away,
  • frivol away,
  • eating away,
  • atrophying,
  • Misapplied,
  • go to waste.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • nuisance,
  • bark,
  • craunch,
  • scratch,
  • ail,
  • rasp,
  • rub,
  • harrow,
  • ache,
  • inflame,
  • Dismast,
  • directly,
  • abruptly,
  • fare,
  • bother,
  • prolong the agony,
  • stab,
  • taste,
  • suddenly,
  • injury,
  • immediately,
  • speedily,
  • browse,
  • disservice,
  • tooth,
  • destroy,
  • shake,
  • emaciate,
  • polish,
  • tweak,
  • grind,
  • forthwith,
  • dramatically,
  • agonise,
  • frazzle,
  • gormandize,
  • gulp down,
  • oxidize,
  • astonishingly,
  • harm,
  • undermine,
  • just like that,
  • ablate,
  • sting,
  • repel,
  • slide,
  • prick,
  • whittle down,
  • tuck in,
  • agony,
  • finish,
  • convulse,
  • lacerate,
  • hastily,
  • eat up,
  • lay in,
  • peck,
  • disable,
  • hector,
  • loud noise,
  • twist,
  • tantalise,
  • run through,
  • canker,
  • flog,
  • in a flash,
  • mouth,
  • exhaust,
  • disgust,
  • chew the cud,
  • pierce,
  • reduce to powder,
  • scrub,
  • bite into,
  • scuff,
  • of a sudden,
  • worry,
  • scour,
  • feed,
  • catch,
  • fall to,
  • food,
  • chafe,
  • appall,
  • cut,
  • detriment,
  • enfeeble,
  • disenchant,
  • crumble,
  • promptly,
  • badger,
  • agonize,
  • ruminate,
  • nauseate,
  • torture,
  • take down,
  • disorganize,
  • curry,
  • precipitously,
  • expeditiously,
  • instantaneously,
  • torment,
  • raze,
  • rapidly,
  • nibble at,
  • grate,
  • pain,
  • afflict,
  • seemingly,
  • wine and dine,
  • crucify,
  • rudely,
  • peeve,
  • give pain,
  • abrade,
  • erase,
  • wear out,
  • abrase,
  • discuss,
  • dun,
  • get down,
  • snap,
  • wound,
  • debilitate,
  • all at once,
  • eat into,
  • excruciate,
  • fleetly,
  • dismantle,
  • deplete,
  • mumble,
  • at once,
  • nettle,
  • evidently,
  • file,
  • chewing,
  • loud laugh,
  • disadvantage,
  • take,
  • blight,
  • waste,
  • rub off,
  • cruciate,
  • swiftly,
  • bit,
  • enervate,
  • chow,
  • martyr,
  • cranch,
  • horrify,
  • vex,
  • rust,
  • use up,
  • impairment,
  • rub out,
  • meal,
  • fester,
  • gripe,
  • instantly,
  • appal,
  • anguish,
  • punish,
  • sicken,
  • wring,
  • now,
  • presently,
  • sap,
  • shock,
  • biting,
  • swallow,
  • martyrize,
  • rack,
  • revolt,
  • wear off,
  • dispatch,
  • surprisingly,
  • skin,
  • fray,
  • cram,
  • scrape,
  • without warning,
  • grievance,
  • dine,
  • whittle away,
  • burn,
  • offend,
  • make one sick,
  • lick,
  • despatch,
  • mine,
  • rot,
  • con,
  • pinch,
  • bolt,
  • gobble,
  • lesion.

Hyponym for Gnaw:

• v.

  • contact
    jaw, masticate, chew, manducate, bite, seize with teeth.