283 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ʃɹˈuː], [ ʃɹˈuː], [ ʃ_ɹ_ˈuː]

Related words: what is a shrew, what is the difference between a shrew and a mouse, how big is a shrew, can a shrew kill a rat

Similar animal to a shrew: mole, mouse

Similar words for shrew:

• other relevant words (adjective)
• battle-ax (noun)
• biddy (noun)
• enemy (noun)
• hag (noun)
• mammal (noun)
• mean lady (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• person (noun)
• virago (noun)
• vixen (noun)
• other synonyms
• nag
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "shrew" in context?

Paraphrases for shrew

Homophones for shrew

Hypernyms for shrew

Hyponyms for shrew

Synonyms for Shrew:

• adj.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • fury,
  • nag,
  • harridan.

• n.

  •
  • anteater,
  • bighorn sheep,
  • bat,
  • angora,
  • badger,
  • black bear.
  •
  • scourge.
  •
  • praise,
  • scold.
  • battle-ax (noun)
  • battleax,
  • battleaxe.
  • biddy (noun)
  • hag.
  • enemy (noun)
  • combatant,
  • sanguinary,
  • opposite,
  • rival,
  • savage,
  • adversary,
  • assailant,
  • foe,
  • invader,
  • opponent,
  • opposition,
  • competitor,
  • enemy,
  • Archenemy,
  • unfriendly,
  • sectarian,
  • attacker,
  • Sectary,
  • antagonist.
  • hag (noun)
  • ogress,
  • ogresses,
  • fishwives,
  • gorgon,
  • Medusas,
  • gorgons.
  • mammal (noun)
  • Lynx,
  • elephant,
  • wombat,
  • hog,
  • jaguar,
  • giraffe,
  • kangaroo,
  • polecat,
  • marmot,
  • gnu,
  • ermine,
  • mouse,
  • koala,
  • echidna,
  • antelope,
  • lemming,
  • arctic fox,
  • llama,
  • mole,
  • bison,
  • camelopard,
  • gopher,
  • hyena,
  • coyote,
  • yak,
  • chipmunk,
  • cavy,
  • opossum,
  • dromedary,
  • sloth,
  • ocelot,
  • skunk,
  • cheetah,
  • donkey,
  • hippopotamus,
  • caribou,
  • bobcat,
  • pig,
  • swine,
  • rabbit,
  • buffalo,
  • puma,
  • cougar,
  • lion,
  • raccoon,
  • gazelle,
  • squirrel,
  • reindeer,
  • ox,
  • possum,
  • moose,
  • platypus,
  • rat,
  • ibex,
  • leopard,
  • elk,
  • horse,
  • wolf,
  • zebra,
  • fox,
  • jackal,
  • hare,
  • hedgehog,
  • bear,
  • tiger,
  • dingo,
  • beaver,
  • ferret,
  • hamster,
  • sable,
  • cat,
  • wallaby,
  • chinchilla,
  • stoat,
  • cow,
  • deer,
  • alpaca,
  • porcupine,
  • mink,
  • stag,
  • weasel,
  • rhinoceros,
  • sheep,
  • panda,
  • mongoose,
  • panther,
  • mule,
  • goat,
  • otter,
  • camel,
  • burro,
  • dog.
  • mean lady (noun)
  • detractor,
  • wench,
  • carper,
  • amazon,
  • madcap,
  • fire-eater,
  • Reviler,
  • muckraker,
  • siren,
  • she-devil,
  • old biddy,
  • termagant,
  • tigress,
  • dragon,
  • Vituperator,
  • hellion,
  • backbiter,
  • Calumniator,
  • she-wolf,
  • hussy,
  • hell cat,
  • biddy.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • harpy,
  • vixen,
  • virago,
  • battle-ax,
  • strumpet,
  • bitch.
  • person (noun)
  • shrew.
  • virago (noun)
  • beldames,
  • Amazons.
  • vixen (noun)
  • termagants,
  • xanthippes,
  • hellcats,
  • Kate the Shrew.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • hothead,
  • spitfire,
  • pedant,
  • curmudgeon,
  • perfectionist,
  • killjoy,
  • diva,
  • sourpuss,
  • wowser,
  • purist,
  • fishwife,
  • stickler,
  • wet blanket,
  • malcontent,
  • Sorehead,
  • grump.
  •
  • gadfly,
  • GRINCH,
  • critic,
  • kvetch.
  •
  • grouch.
  •
  • crab,
  • crank.
  • nag
  • Xanthippe.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • menad,
  • false,
  • Xantippe,
  • harmful,
  • immoral,
  • flagitious,
  • insectivore,
  • satirist,
  • least shrew,
  • floozie,
  • felon,
  • masked shrew,
  • invidious,
  • evil-minded,
  • animal,
  • jade,
  • armadillo,
  • lampooner,
  • maenad,
  • banshee,
  • beldame,
  • foul,
  • hateful,
  • curse,
  • slut,
  • common scold,
  • brawler,
  • monster,
  • evil,
  • wicked,
  • minx,
  • villain,
  • broad,
  • drab,
  • gross,
  • blusterer,
  • barbarian,
  • rake,
  • Fiendish,
  • slattern,
  • battle-axe,
  • slanderer,
  • common shrew,
  • knave,
  • tart,
  • fierce,
  • witch,
  • traducer,
  • old bag,
  • shrewmouse,
  • mammal,
  • rogue,
  • tenrec,
  • hellcat,
  • jealous,
  • feline,
  • harsh,
  • hell hound,
  • small mammal,
  • fiend,
  • horrible,
  • frump,
  • ghoul,
  • bag,
  • Hell-cat,
  • demon,
  • baggage,
  • felonious,
  • froward,
  • two-bagger,
  • brawl,
  • Rakehell,
  • brute,
  • Castigator,
  • crone,
  • defamer,
  • abusive,
  • scoundrel,
  • libeler,
  • Brabbler,
  • Trull,
  • trollop,
  • vampire,
  • pest,
  • malicious,
  • primates,
  • medusa,
  • floozy,
  • ogre,
  • beldam,
  • beast,
  • disagreeable woman.

How to use "Shrew" in context?

Paraphrases for Shrew:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Records.

Homophones for Shrew:

• scree, swear, sorry, score, saree, scourer, seeger, Sauce Chausseur, sower, saguaro, swayer, sixer, scissure, shower, sawyer, skier, succour, scoria, scarey, sciara, shear, swaggerer, sur, shirr, sucre, screw, SACEUR, shorea, screw eye, sharer, share, scarer, scouser, shocker, seer, succorer, seashore, sugar, saussure, serow, saqqara, sucker, sheer, sari, sakkara, sorrower, skewer, sere, shire, square, sugary, swagger, succourer, sherry, shirer, sea-ear, scar, sore, shearer, seeker, soar, sahuaro, sauria, souari, soaker, sorrow, sura, sarah, shaker, square away, swearer, sierra, soiree, sir, scour, showery, successor, sewer, succor, sharia, sirrah, sear, shari, shareware, squire, squeezer, syria, seizure, saqqarah, scissor, saury, sr., succory, suer, sukur, screwy, sr, scare, scare away, sire, seizer, serer, secure, sure, shariah, surya, serra, sea hare, sahara, saussurea, ssri, sour, shore, soccer, scary, scorer, sokoro, scurry, squawker, surrey, saucer, Scry, squeaker, securer.

Hypernym for Shrew:

• n.

  • person
    virago, yenta.

Hyponym for Shrew:

• n.

  • person
    disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman.