JAWS Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

jaws 1 of 2

noun

plural of jaw

as in talks

friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this now that he's retired, he's got all afternoon for a jaw with his friends at the senior center

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jaws

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jaw

as in scolds

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings you don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails

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as in chats

to engage in casual or rambling conversation just a group of girls sitting around the locker room and jawing about the usual stuff

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Recent Examples of jaws

Noun

With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned living fossil is the only surviving representative of a family lineage that dates back nearly 125 million years. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 June 2026 Encumbered by antlers up to four feet tall and forty pounds in weight, a bull raises its immense jaws, antlers tilted toward his spine, and races through the woods until reaching safer ground. —

Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Visitors entering the SoHo gallery’s second floor pass through the open jaws of a towering wolf sculpture, one of three oversized works commissioned from Garel specifically for the gallery. —

Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 4 June 2026 The jaws appear to belong to organisms that resembled octopuses, but their exact classification, size in life and potential ecological role remain a mystery, according to the ScienceNews. —

Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 June 2026 The first time replays showed why Zidane had been sent off, jaws hit the floor the world over. —

Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 June 2026 Nevertheless, the nuts and bolts of this honeytrap plot, known as Operation Edzell, still make the jaws drop. —

Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 3 June 2026 The cannister featured an image of an angry mutt with saliva dripping from its jaws. —

Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 An ultra realistic model of a dragon is perched on its roof and spews out fireballs thanks to flamethrowers hidden in its jaws. —

Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

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Ben smashes chests and heads in, tears jaws out, rips faces off, and director Johannes Roberts makes sure to include brief close-ups of the carnage, lit just dimly enough to avoid truly grossing us out. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026

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The agreement calls for an immediate end to hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon, and sets out expectations for the next phase of talks, which will tackle more challenging issues, mainly the future of Iran's nuclear program.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 18 June 2026
That has tribes urgently seeking government-to-government talks with Interior Department officials in a bid to win an exemption, according to Blaine Harden of Inside Climate News.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026