Skunk

/skʌŋk/

Synonyms for "skunk" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(8 words)
animalbumcadcreaturecrumbcrushdirty dogdope

Strong matches (44)

Noun(10 words)
drubgagegitgrassgreen goddesslocoweedlowlifemammalmary janeodor
Verb(1 words)
lurch

Related words (73)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

20 entries

Showing 16 of 20 words.

More specific

9 entries
drublowlifemusky odorpungent odorscoundrelspotted skunkstompstriped skunktrounce

Collocations

11 entries
defense spraymusky odornocturnal mammalskunk someoneskunk sprayskunk the competitionskunk the opponentskunk the oppositionskunk the teamspotted skunkstriped skunk

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

6 entries

Translations

167 translations across 128 languages.

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Abenaki

1 entries
  • segôgw noun (animal)

Albanian

1 entries
  • qelbës noun (animal)

Algonquin

1 entries
  • cigàg noun (animal)

Arabic

2 entries
  • ظَرِبَان noun (animal)
  • ظِرْبان noun (animal)

Arapaho

2 entries
  • xoo noun (animal)
  • xou noun (animal)

Arikara

1 entries
  • niWIt noun (animal)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ժանտաքիս noun (animal)
  • սկունս noun (animal)

Atakapa

1 entries
  • šikitiš noun (animal)

Ayautla Mazatec

1 entries
  • tjiuxikja noun (animal)

Aymara

1 entries
  • añuthaya noun (animal)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • iyverən porsuq noun (animal)
  • qoxarca noun (animal)
  • skuns noun (animal)

Basque

1 entries
  • mofeta noun (animal)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • скунс noun (animal)

Breton

1 entries
  • skoñs noun (animal)

Buena Vista Yokuts

1 entries
  • tsox noun (animal)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • скункс noun (animal)

Carrier

1 entries
  • hoonliz noun (animal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • mofeta noun (animal)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • milô noun (animal)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᏗᎳ noun (animal)
  • ᏗᎵ noun (animal)

Cheyenne

1 entries
  • xāō'o noun (animal)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • koni noun (animal)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 臭鼬 noun (animal)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 臭鼬 noun (animal)

Chitimacha

1 entries
  • kištˀeˀe noun (animal)

Choctaw

1 entries
  • konih noun (animal)

Comanche

1 entries
  • pohniʔatsi̱ noun (animal)

Cree

1 entries
  • ᓯᑳᐠ noun (animal)

Creek

1 entries
  • kono noun (animal)

Czech

1 entries
  • skunk noun (animal)

Danish

2 entries
  • skunk noun (animal)
  • stinkdyr noun (animal)

Dogrib

1 entries
  • nǫtsı̨ noun (animal)

Dutch

1 entries
  • stinkdier noun (animal)

Erzya

1 entries
  • чинебача noun (animal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • mefito noun (animal)

Estonian

2 entries
  • skunk noun (animal)
  • vinukloom noun (animal)

Faroese

1 entries
  • stinkdýr noun (animal)

Finnish

2 entries
  • haisunäätä noun (animal)
  • skunkki noun (animal)

Fox

1 entries
  • shekâkwa noun (animal)

French

3 entries
  • mouffette noun (animal)
  • putois noun (animal)
  • sconse noun (animal)

Galician

1 entries
  • mofeta noun (animal)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მყრალა noun (animal)
  • სკუნსი noun (animal)

German

2 entries
  • Skunk noun (animal)
  • Stinktier noun (animal)

Greek

2 entries
  • αγριοκούναβο noun (animal)
  • μεφίτιδα noun (animal)

Gros Ventre

1 entries
  • θouu noun (animal)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ponī noun (animal)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בּוֹאֵשׁ noun (animal)

Hindi

1 entries
  • स्कंक noun (animal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bűzösborz noun (animal)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skunkur noun (animal)

Ido

1 entries
  • mofeto noun (animal)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • sigung noun (animal)

Ineseño

1 entries
  • taxama noun (animal)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • moffetta noun (animal)
  • skunk noun (animal)

Irish

1 entries
  • scúnc noun (animal)

Isthmus Zapotec

1 entries
  • beʼteʼ noun (animal)

Italian

2 entries
  • moffetta noun (animal)
  • puzzola noun (animal)

Japanese

1 entries
  • スカンク noun (animal)

Kashaya

1 entries
  • nupʰeˑ noun (animal)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сасықиісті noun (animal)

Kickapoo

1 entries
  • sekaakwa noun (animal)

Korean

1 entries
  • 스컹크 noun (animal)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • сасык кашкулак noun (animal)

Lakota

1 entries
  • maká noun (animal)

Lao

4 entries
  • ພຽງພອນເໝັນ noun (animal)
  • ມູເຟັດ noun (animal)
  • ສະກັງ noun (animal)
  • ແມວຂົ້ວໂລກ noun (animal)

Latvian

1 entries
  • skunkss noun (animal)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • skunkas noun (animal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • твор noun (animal)

Malay

1 entries
  • skunk noun (animal)

Manx

1 entries
  • breinnag noun (animal)

Maricopa

1 entries
  • milxwe noun (animal)

Menominee

1 entries
  • seka·k noun (animal)

Mi'kmaq

2 entries
  • apigjilu noun (animal)
  • apugjilu noun (animal)

Miami

1 entries
  • šikaakwa noun (animal)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • სკუნსი noun (animal)

Mohegan-Pequot

1 entries
  • skôks noun (animal)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • өмхий хүрэн noun (animal)

Nahuatl

2 entries
  • epatl noun (animal)
  • yepatl noun (animal)

Nanticoke

1 entries
  • laa!waa!quepuss noun (animal)

Natchez

1 entries
  • šic noun (animal)

Navajo

1 entries
  • gólízhii noun (animal)

Nawathinehena

1 entries
  • saoθ noun (animal)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • cajorda noun (animal)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • skunk noun (animal)
  • stinkdyr noun (animal)

Obispeño

1 entries
  • tqema noun (animal)

Occitan

1 entries
  • mofeta noun (animal)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • zhigaag noun (animal)

Old Tupi

2 entries
  • sarigûeîa noun (animal)
  • sarigûé noun (animal)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ژګاګ noun (animal)

Pawnee

1 entries
  • riwit noun (animal)

Plains Apache

1 entries
  • dookats’į́łtshesá noun (animal)

Polish

1 entries
  • skunks noun (animal)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • cangambá noun (animal)
  • doninha-fedorenta noun (animal)
  • gambá noun (animal)

Quapaw

1 entries
  • mą́ka noun (animal)

Quechua

1 entries
  • añas noun (animal)

Romanian

1 entries
  • sconcs noun (animal)

Romansch

1 entries
  • scunc noun (animal)

Russian

2 entries
  • воню́чка noun (animal)
  • скунс noun (animal)

Salinan

1 entries
  • šowá noun (animal)

San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec

1 entries
  • xíkjá noun (animal)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tvor noun (animal)
  • твор noun (animal)

Seri

1 entries
  • sliitxcoj noun (animal)

Shona

1 entries
  • chidembo noun (animal)

Shuswap

1 entries
  • sts̓ípeq noun (animal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • skunk noun (animal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • dihur noun (animal)

Southern Ohlone

1 entries
  • yaawi noun (animal)

Southern Valley Yokuts

1 entries
  • cox noun (animal)

Spanish

4 entries
  • añás noun (animal)
  • chingue noun (animal)
  • mapuro noun (animal)
  • mofeta noun (animal)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kinyegere noun (animal)

Swedish

2 entries
  • skunk noun (animal)
  • stinkdjur noun (animal)

Taos

1 entries
  • kùylulúna noun (animal)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ала көзән noun (animal)

Thai

1 entries
  • สกังก์ noun (animal)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཏེ་ལོ noun (animal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kokarca noun (animal)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • скунс noun (animal)

Unami

1 entries
  • shkakw noun (animal)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سېسىق كۈزەن noun (animal)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • kokarca noun (animal)
  • sassiq koʻzani noun (animal)
  • skuns noun (animal)

Ventureño

1 entries
  • taxama noun (animal)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chồn hôi noun (animal)

Welsh

1 entries
  • drewgi noun (animal)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • golízhi noun (animal)

Western Ojibwa

1 entries
  • sikāk noun (animal)

Wolof

1 entries
  • jab bi noun (animal)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טכויר noun (animal)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • boyğanık noun (animal)
  • boyınce noun (animal)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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I almost stepped on a skunk last night.

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We call him "Skunk Man".

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Tom was as drunk as a skunk the last time I saw him.

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The last time I saw Tom he was as drunk as a skunk.

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