ring snake

1. 1.

   harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England

   Synonymsgrass snakeringed snakeNatrix natrix

   Broaderwater snake

   Narrowerviperine grass snake
2. 2.

   any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

   Synonymsringneck snakering-necked snake

   Broadercolubrid snake

   Part ofDiadophis

Questions about ring snake

What does ring snake mean?

ring snake means "harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for ring snake?

Close synonyms include grass snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix, ringneck snake, ring-necked snake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ring snake a common word?

ring snake is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.