Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

hit a snag snag list snag some z's snag up snag-boat snagging list snaggy snaglike

Context

australia australian rules football dialect fishing slang uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bulge bump catch excrescence extrusion gap gibbosity gibbousness hew hitch hump jut obstacle obstruction obtain opening prominence protrusion protuberance swelling tree

Type Of (IsA)

bulge tree

Manner Of

hew hitch obtain

Related Terms

New Man

Related Terms

branch catch difficulty fish hew hook impale knot line lop off misnaged obtain problem protuberance sausage steal stump tear tooth

Synonym Network

banger hang up hitch rip snarler tine

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