HOG Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

hog 1 of 4

noun (1)

ˈhȯg

as in pig

one who eats greedily or too much if I had known that my guests were going to be such hogs, I would have prepared twice as much food

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hog

2 of 4

verb (1)

as in to monopolize

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hogs

3 of 4

noun (2)

variants also hog

plural of hog

as in pigs

one who eats greedily or too much if I had known that my guests were going to be such hogs, I would have prepared twice as much food

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hogs

4 of 4

verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of hog

as in corners

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Recent Examples of hog

Noun

Instead of a Hollywood soundstage, the movie was shot on their family’s Ohio farm, a rural homestead filled with chickens, goats and, yes, hogs. —

Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024 Some have also questioned why the men went out of their way to steal and kill a pet pig when the Hawaiian islands are already full of (and in some areas, overrun with) wild hogs. —

Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2024

Verb

Microsoft has responded to reports that the new update to Windows 11 is hogging huge chunks of users’ disk space. —

Barry Collins, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 The ones who hog the entire arm rest and jab you with their sharp elbow when you're seated next to them. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hog