Phrase guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
A water mocassin (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a venomous aquatic snake of North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cottonmouth, cottonmouth mocassin
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of species Natrix natrix of non-venomous European sbakes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ringed snake, water snake, grass snake
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any aquatic snake, such as:
A northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon), a non-venomous American snake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: water snake, watersnake
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any aquatic snake, such as:
A crab-eating water snake or white-bellied mangrove snake (Fordonia leucobalia), a venomous snake of south Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: water snake, watersnake
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, adder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English water addre, watyradyr, watir edyr, alteration (see adder) of water neddyr, watyrnedyre, from Old English wæternædre, wæternǣdre, equivalent to water + adder. Cognate with Dutch wateradder (“wateradder”), German Wassernatter (“watersnake”).
