What is another word for skunk?

It depends which skunk you mean. In the sense “a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible”, the synonyms are rotter, dirty dog, rat, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git. Across all 5 senses there are 27 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of skunk?

WordNet records no antonym for skunk. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for skunk split into groups?

Because skunk carries 5 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for skunk come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Synonyms and antonyms

skunk

skunk/ˈskʌŋk/

nounverbFamiliar

skunk has 27 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.

27
Distinct synonyms: 0
Antonyms: 5 of 5
Senses with a relation

Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.

skunk as a noun

4 of 4 senses carry a relation

1.
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
“only a rotter would do that”
Synonymsrotter dirty dog rat stinker stinkpot bum puke crumb lowlife scum bag so-and-so git
Related
Broaderunpleasant person
2.
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
Synonymsshutout
Related
Broaderdefeat
3.
street names for marijuana
Synonymspot grass green goddess dope weed gage sess sens smoke locoweed Mary Jane
Related
Broadercannabis
4.
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
Synonymspolecat wood pussy
Related
Broadermusteline mammal
Narrowerstriped skunk hooded skunk hog-nosed skunk spotted skunk

skunk as a verb

1 of 1 sense carry a relation

1.
defeat by a lurch
Synonymslurch
Related
Broaderget the better of

Questions about skunk

What is another word for skunk?: It depends which skunk you mean. In the sense “a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible”, the synonyms are rotter, dirty dog, rat, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git. Across all 5 senses there are 27 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.
What is the opposite of skunk?: WordNet records no antonym for skunk. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.
Why are the synonyms for skunk split into groups?: Because skunk carries 5 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.
Where do the synonyms for skunk come from?: From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for skunk come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.

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Synonyms and antonyms

skunk

skunk/ˈskʌŋk/

nounverbFamiliar

27
Distinct synonyms: 0
Antonyms: 5 of 5
Senses with a relation

Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.

skunk as a noun

4 of 4 senses carry a relation

1.
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
“only a rotter would do that”
Synonymsrotter dirty dog rat stinker stinkpot bum puke crumb lowlife scum bag so-and-so git
Related
Broaderunpleasant person
2.
a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
Synonymsshutout
Related
Broaderdefeat
3.
street names for marijuana
Synonymspot grass green goddess dope weed gage sess sens smoke locoweed Mary Jane
Related
Broadercannabis
4.
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
Synonymspolecat wood pussy
Related
Broadermusteline mammal
Narrowerstriped skunk hooded skunk hog-nosed skunk spotted skunk

skunk as a verb

1 of 1 sense carry a relation

1.
defeat by a lurch
Synonymslurch
Related
Broaderget the better of

Questions about skunk

What is another word for skunk?: It depends which skunk you mean. In the sense “a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible”, the synonyms are rotter, dirty dog, rat, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git. Across all 5 senses there are 27 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.
What is the opposite of skunk?: WordNet records no antonym for skunk. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.
Why are the synonyms for skunk split into groups?: Because skunk carries 5 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.
Where do the synonyms for skunk come from?: From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of skunk

Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for skunk come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.

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