saber-toothed

1. 1.

   having teeth that resemble sabers

   “a saber-toothed tiger”

   Synonymssabertoothedsabre-toothed

   Similartoothed

Questions about saber-toothed

What does saber-toothed mean?

saber-toothed means "having teeth that resemble sabers".

How many syllables are in saber-toothed?

saber-toothed has 3 syllables: saber--too-thed. The stress falls on "saber-".

What is another word for saber-toothed?

Close synonyms include sabertoothed, sabre-toothed. 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 saber-toothed a common word?

saber-toothed 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.