Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "nose" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

eyes mouth smell

Typical Location

air dog family face fase human face middle of face middle of human face photograph of person photograph of person's face

Capable Of

descriminate by smell run sense odors sense smell smell flower smell flowers smell things sniff streaming snot

Defined As

sensory receptor for smells

Derived Terms

Australasian pig-nose turtle Dudley nose I've got your nose Jew nose Jew's nose Jewish nose Jolly Nose Red Nose Day Roman nose aquiline nose banana nose banana-nose beyond the end of one's nose beyond the tip of one's nose bignose bishop's nose blacknose blood nose bloodied nose bloody nose blow one's nose blue-nosed bluenose bluntnose bottle-nose bottle-nose dolphin bottlenose brown-nose brownnose bull's nose bullet-nose bullnose button nose camel's nose cherry nose clown nose coke nose conenose copper nose cownose cut off one's nose to spite one's face dicknose dog's nose dog-nose e-nose ear, nose and throat empty nose syndrome flatnose follow one's nose fucknose get up someone's nose give someone a bloody nose hard nose hard-nose have someone's nose wide open hawk nose hawk-nose hawknose hognose hold one's nose hold one's nose up hooknose in front of one's nose keep one's nose clean largenose lead by the nose long-nose longnose look beyond the end of one's nose look beyond the tip of one's nose look down one's nose look past the end of one's nose look past the tip of one's nose neb-nose needle-nose gar needlenose nigger nose no skin off one's nose nollie nose about nose about nose ape nose around nose around nose art nose bag nose beer nose bit nose bleed nose blind nose blindness nose bonk nose bridge nose butter nose candy nose cap nose cone nose count nose deaf nose flute nose gear nose glasses nose grind nose guard nose hair nose in the air nose job nose key nose kiss nose leather nose line nose monkey nose of wax nose out nose out of joint nose over nose pad nose peg nose piece nose piercing nose poke nose powder nose putty nose ring nose slide nose strip nose stud nose tackle nose test nose to tail nose to the grindstone nose trimmer nose whistle nose-bag nose-blind nose-bonk nose-candy nose-dead nose-deaf nose-dive nose-ender nose-first nose-ish nose-job nose-led nose-nipper nose-pick nose-picker nose-picking nose-ringed nose-shot nose-suspended nose-to-nose nosebag noseband nosebar nosebeard nosebleed nosebleeder nosebleeding noseblood noseburn nosebutter noseclip nosed nosedive noseful nosegay nosegear nosegrind noseguard nosehole noseleaf noseless noselift noselike nosely noseness nosepiece nosepin noseplug noseprint noser noseride nosering noseshot noseslide nosesmart noseward nosewards noseweight nosewheel nosewing nosewise nosewitness noseworthy nosey nosie nostril nosy nouse nozzle nussy on the nose parson's nose past the end of one's nose past the tip of one's nose pay through the nose pick one's nose pig-nose turtle pin a rose on your nose pinch-nose glasses plain as the nose on one's face poke one's nose into pope's nose powder one's nose prodnose pug nose red-nose tetra ring in one's nose rub someone's nose in rummy nose rummy-nose tetra runny nose saddle nose saddlenose shortnose shovelnose ski jump nose ski nose ski ramp nose ski slope nose ski-jump nose ski-nose ski-ramp nose ski-slope nose snot-nose snotnose snub nose snub-nose socked on the nose soft nose soft-nose softnose starnose stick one's nose in stick one's nose into stumpnose sultan's nose talk through one's nose the nose knows thrust one's nose in thumb one's nose toffee-nose tubenose turn one's nose up turn up one's nose under one's nose under one's very nose under someone's nose undernose up your nose with a rubber hose whipnose white nose syndrome whitenose win by a nose wipe someone's nose

Distinct From

eyes mouth

Has Part

2 nostrils two holes called nostrils two nostrils

Context

animal horse racing

Part Of (Holonyms)

body countenance face head muzzle

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

advance bring forward caress chemoreceptor defeat fondle force front get the better of look olfaction olfactory modality overcome push science search sense of smell skill small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity smell smell spout symbol

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Roman nose aquiline nose button nose hooknose pug nose snub nose

Type Of (IsA)

anatomical structure body part chemoreceptor external organ feature on human face front organ for smelling protrusion skill small indefinite quantity smell symbol

Located Near

eyes

Manner Of

advance get better of push

Parts (Meronyms)

bridge columella greater alar cartilage naris nasal bone nasal cavity nasal septum nose bridge nosewing nostril septum

Part Of

aircraft body face head missile upper respiratory tract

Receives Action

found on all mammals picked

Related Terms

I've got your nose brownnose cut off one's nose to spite one's face get up someone's nose hard-nosed in front of one's nose keep one's nose clean keep one's pecker up look down one's nose no skin off one's nose nose out of joint nose to the grindstone on the nose pay through the nose plain as the nose on one's face poke one's nose into powder one's nose rhino see past the end of one's nose stick one's nose in stick one's nose into the nose knows toffee-nosed under one's nose win by a nose

Related Terms

ability ability smell above above mouth apparatus appendage as if beak below below eyes beneath beneath eyes between between eyes body body organ body part bouquet breath breathe breathing breathing organ cautiously center centre confront contest defeat detect device distance eye eyes eyes mouth face face center face feature face lump face middle face organ face part face protrusion face smell face thing faces facial facial appendage facial feature facial item facial organ facial part feature flare flowers for breathing for smell for smelling for sniffing front hair hair in hairs has has nostrils head head appendage head organ hearing hearing organ holes hook horse human human part in face in middle instrument it smells item killing killing instrument length lump margin middle middle face mouth move mucus narrow nasal nasal appendage near eye near eyes nice nostrils nuzzle olfactory olfactory organ on face on faces organ organ for orifice out part part face perfumer pointed pointy power proboscis protrusion protuberance push race rhino running scent scent organ schnoz sense sense organ sense smell senses senses smell sensor sensory sensory organ shape sinus skill skin slope small smell smell ability smell appendage smell holes smell organ smell sense smell with smelling smelling ability smelling apparatus smelling appendage smelling body smelling device smelling flowers smelling organ smelling orifice smelling part smelling power smelling sneezing smelling thing smelling think smells smelly smelt smelt with sneezing sniffer sniffing sniffing organ sniffing thing snoop snot snout sticks sticks out think thumb tip tow tow holes triangle twang two two holes two nostrils under under eyes use use smell used used smell used smelling

Synonym Network

nozzle nuzzle pry scent

Used For

breaking breathe breathing detecting scents face getting congested and blowing picking piercing producing snot separating eyes smell aromas

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.