Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Causes

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 resslessness sleep disorders sleeplesness spouse to awaken upsetting partner wake others wake spouse wake up wake yourself up waking waking spouse waking up waking up others waking up with dry mouth wife will wake up

Inflected/Variant Forms

snore

Prerequisites

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

Has Property

annoying to others

Subevents

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

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

breathing external respiration respiration ventilation

Type Of (IsA)

involuntary body movement vocalizing

Related Terms

breathing noise sleep snore soft palate vibration

Synonym Network

snore

Used For

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 people with sleeping problems persons with sleep problems sleeping sleeping with clogged sinuses sounding like lion spuosal security

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