Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Typical Location

air cloud december snow storm snowstorm winter

Derived Terms

Koch snowflake autumn snowflake broflake flowsnake paper snowflake quiet as a snowflake snowflake baby snowflake child snowflake curve snowflake eel snowflake generation snowflake moray snowflake obsidian snowflake queen snowflake schema snowflake wheel snowflakelike snowflakeness snowflakery snowflaky special snowflake special snowflake syndrome spring snowflake summer snowflake

Derived From

flake snow

Has Part

six sides

Context

computing databases derogative opthalmology pejorative slang

Has Property

very light

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bunting crystal

Type Of (IsA)

crystal frozen fresh water frozen water crystal ice ice crystal perfect mathematics precipitate

Part Of

snow

Receives Action

formed in cloud

Related Terms

snowfleck ❄

Related Terms

bulbous caucasian crystal european hexagonal lesion magnification microscopy plant politically correct snow snow bunting snowfleck special symmetry unique

Synonym Network

snow bunting

Used For

being pretty catching on tongue consolidating moisture decoration falling from sky make water making snowballs percipitation playing in snow skiing sledding snow angels snowballs snowpeople

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