Synonyms of snuff

snuff

verb

1

as in to sniff

to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose

the dog began barking as soon as she snuffed the scent of squirrel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sniff
• smell
• inhale
• whiff
• nose
• breathe
• scent
• drink (in)
• snort
• respire
• savour
• savor
• snuffle

2

as in to assassinate

to put to death deliberately

the proprietor of the boarding house had apparently snuffed almost 50 old men before she was caught

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinate
• murder
• slay
• execute
• kill
• get
• off
• neutralize
• whack
• dispatch
• take out
• slaughter
• liquidate
• put away
• ice
• shoot
• destroy
• terminate
• rub out
• bump off
• knock off
• croak
• do away with
• cut down
• do in
• blow away
• shoot down
• eradicate
• carry off
• eliminate
• fell
• massacre
• smite
• blot out
• butcher
• claim
• wipe out
• zap
• mow (down)
• exterminate
• annihilate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raise
• restore
• revive
• resurrect
• animate
• resuscitate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snuff

Although demand for e-commerce fulfillment and distribution services was not up to snuff for much of 2024, policy changes in Mexico that abruptly restricted tax-free textile imports into the country accelerated business for those segments within Flexport. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 Mar. 2025

Cam Ward’s reputation as a prospect suffers because the rest of the class is not up to snuff. —Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025

People were praised and elevated in one moment and callously snuffed out in the next. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025

Dark energy that has a constant density and pressure would doom our cosmos to expand for all time until unbridgeable gulfs separate every particle from all the others, snuffing out all activity. —Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025

Phrases Containing snuff

• snuff (out)
• snuff it
• up to snuff