This hamster is small enough to carry in your pocket.
Source: tatoeba (60647)
Hamster
/ˈhæm(p)stɚ/
Synonyms for "hamster" (17 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: animal, antelope, armadillo, bat, cricetine rodent.
- Sentence evidence is available for hamster, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "hamster".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "hamster"
Keep "hamster" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "hamster" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "hamster", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "hamster" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesMore specific
2 entriesgolden hamstersyrian hamster
Collocations
6 entriesdwarf hamstergolden hamsterhamster cagehamster wheelpet hamstersyrian hamster
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
102 translations across 83 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Albanian
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Arabic
3 entries- قَدَاد noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- هَامِسْتَر noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- هَامِسْتَر noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Armenian
1 entries- համստեր noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dağsiçanı noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Bashkir
2 entries- алйырҙан noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- ирлән noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Basque
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Belarusian
1 entries- хамя́к noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Breton
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ха́мстер noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- хомя́к noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Burmese
1 entries- ဟမ်းစတား noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Catalan
1 entries- hàmster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Chechen
1 entries- оьпа noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 倉鼠 /仓鼠 noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Cornish
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Czech
1 entries- křeček noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Dalmatian
1 entries- viala noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Danish
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Dutch
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- арлан noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- комаголя noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Esperanto
1 entries- hamstro noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Estonian
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Faroese
2 entries- hamstrari noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- hamstur noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Finnish
1 entries- hamsteri noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
French
2 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- rat de blé noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Friulian
1 entries- cricęt noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Galician
1 entries- hámster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Georgian
1 entries- ზაზუნა noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
German
1 entries- Hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Greek
1 entries- χάμστερ noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוֹגֵר noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Hindi
1 entries- हैम्स्टर noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Hungarian
1 entries- hörcsög noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Icelandic
1 entries- hamstur noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Ido
1 entries- hamstro noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Indonesian
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Interlingua
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Irish
1 entries- hamstar noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Italian
1 entries- criceto noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Japanese
3 entries- キヌゲネズミ noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- ハムスター noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- 絹毛鼠 noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Karakalpak
1 entries- balpaq tıshqan noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Kazakh
1 entries- атжалман noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Korean
2 entries- 뵤 noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- 햄스터 noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Kumyk
1 entries- авлакъ чычкъан noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- хомяк noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Latvian
1 entries- kāmis noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žiurkėnas noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- zemcygaŕ noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Macedonian
1 entries- хрчак noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Malay
1 entries- tikus belanda noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Maltese
1 entries- ħamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Mongolian
2 entries- шишүүхэй noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- үхэр зусаг noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Occitan
1 entries- amstèr noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- хомѣкъ noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Old Polish
2 entries- krzeczek noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- skrzeczek noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Persian
2 entries- موش بزرگ noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- همستر noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Polish
1 entries- chomik noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Portuguese
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Romanian
2 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- hârciog noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Romansch
3 entries- furmanter noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- raffun noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- raspun noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Russian
1 entries- хомя́к noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- hamstair noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hŕčak noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- хр́чак noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Slovak
1 entries- škrečok noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Slovene
1 entries- hrček noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Southern Altai
1 entries- эрлен noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Spanish
1 entries- hámster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Swedish
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Tagalog
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Tajik
1 entries- миримӯшон noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Tatar
1 entries- әрлән noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Thai
1 entries- แฮมสเตอร์ noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Turkish
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Ukrainian
1 entries- хом'я́к noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- žurk noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Uzbek
1 entries- ogʻmaxon noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chuột ham-tơ noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- ham-tơ noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Volapük
1 entries- kriset noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Welsh
1 entries- bochdew noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
West-Frisian
1 entries- hamster noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Western Mari
2 entries- ӓрлӓн noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
- ӓрлӓнгы noun (rodent species belonging to the Cricetinae)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
My hamster has a swollen testicle on one side.
Source: tatoeba (401908)
I'm pretty sure that my cat ate my hamster.
Source: tatoeba (953844)
When I was small, I had a golden hamster.
Source: tatoeba (1128204)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "hamster"?
Closest matches include animal, antelope, armadillo, bat, cricetine rodent.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "hamster"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.