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snakelike

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Resembling a snake; long, thin and flexible, or waving about in a snake-like manner; snaky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Characteristic of or resembling a snake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • a snakelike forked tongue

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

resembling a serpent in form

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a serpentine wall
  • snaky ridges in the sand

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: serpentine, snaky

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English snake Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English snakelike From snake + -like.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: hadovitý — resembling a snake
  • Danish: slangeagtig — resembling a snake
  • Dutch: slangachtig — resembling a snake
  • German: schlangenartig — resembling a snake
  • Greek: οφιοειδής (ofioeidís) — resembling a snake
  • Ancient Greek: ὀφιοειδής (ophioeidḗs) — resembling a snake
  • Latin: serpentīnus — resembling a snake
  • Macedonian: зми́јолик (zmíjolik) — resembling a snake
  • Macedonian: зми́јулест (zmíjulest) — resembling a snake
  • Macedonian: зми́ест (zmíest) — resembling a snake
  • Polish: wężowaty — resembling a snake
  • Portuguese: serpentiforme — resembling a snake
  • Russian: змееви́дный (zmejevídnyj) — resembling a snake
  • Russian: змееподо́бный (zmejepodóbnyj) — resembling a snake
  • Swedish: ormliknande — resembling a snake
  • Swedish: serpentinsk — resembling a snake
  • Ukrainian: змієподі́бний (zmijepodíbnyj) — resembling a snake
  • Ukrainian: змія́стий (zmijástyj) — resembling a snake
  • Ukrainian: зміюва́тий (zmijuvátyj) — resembling a snake