Snoring

//ˈsnɔːɹɪŋ//

Synonyms for "snoring" (77 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (16)

snore aqua lung aqua-lung artificial respiration aspiration asthmatic asthmatic wheeze breath breath of air breathing broken wind cough effervescent errhine exhalation expiration

Strong matches (23)

Related words (38)

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

4 entries

breathing external respiration respiration ventilation

Synonyms

1 entries

snore

causes

31 entries

annoyed sleeping partner annoying other people annoying sounds complaining death disturbed sleep divorce dog barks jab loud noise noise obnoxious other people to stay awake others to annoyed others to stay awake people hating

Showing 16 of 31 words.

form of

1 entries

snore

has prerequisite

9 entries

being asleep being fat breathing mouth to open nostrils one to sleeping open mouth sleep sleeping

has property

1 entries

annoying to others

has subevent

14 entries

annoy others awake spouse bothering people dream get hit making noise prevent others from sleeping sleep sleeping wake else up wake up others wake up spouse wake yourself up waking others

is a

2 entries

involuntary body movement vocalizing

related to

6 entries

breathing noise sleep snore soft palate vibration

used for

22 entries

annoying people annoying spouse being asleep breathing loudly difficulty breathing driving mate crazy drowning out radio fat people with apnea forcing open clogged air passages keeping mom awake keeping others awake keeping spouse awake making noise making noise while sleeping noisy sleep noticing sleeping

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

22 translations across 20 languages.

Aleut

1 entries

qungtux noun (action or sound)

Armenian

1 entries

խռմփոց noun (action or sound)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

鼾聲 /鼾声 noun (action or sound)

Czech

1 entries

chrápání noun (action or sound)

Dutch

1 entries

gesnurk noun (action or sound)

Finnish

1 entries

kuorsaus noun (action or sound)

French

1 entries

ronflement noun (action or sound)

Georgian

1 entries

მხვრინავი noun (action or sound)

German

1 entries

Schnarchen noun (action or sound)

Hungarian

1 entries

horkolás noun (action or sound)

Japanese

2 entries

鼾 noun (action or sound)
鼾声 noun (action or sound)

Polish

1 entries

chrapanie noun (action or sound)

Portuguese

1 entries

ronco noun (action or sound)

Romanian

1 entries

sforăire noun (action or sound)

Russian

1 entries

храп noun (action or sound)

Swahili

1 entries

mkoromo noun (action or sound)

Swedish

1 entries

snarkning noun (action or sound)

Tamil

1 entries

குறட்டை noun (action or sound)

Telugu

1 entries

గురక noun (action or sound)

Walloon

2 entries

ronfelmint noun (action or sound)
ronflaedje noun (action or sound)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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She's faking sleep. That's why she's not snoring.

Source: tatoeba (1720)

I heard Tom snoring during the class.

Source: tatoeba (37406)

When it comes to snoring, no one can top Mr Snore.

Source: tatoeba (65925)

Snoring and excessive smoking are indeed related.

Source: tatoeba (65926)

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