| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris | The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge |
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| 2 | mouth | The externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening | |
| 3 | mouth | An opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge) | |
| 4 | mouth | The point where a stream issues into a larger body of water | |
| 5 | mouth | A person conceived as a consumer of food | |
| 6 | mouth, mouthpiece | A spokesperson (as a lawyer) | |
| 7 | mouth, sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip | An impudent or insolent rejoinder | |
| 8 | mouth | The opening of a jar or bottle | |
| VERB | 1 | mouth, talk, speak, utter, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
| 2 | mouth | Articulate silently | |
| 3 | mouth | Touch with the mouth |
| Sounds | maw'th |
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| Rhymes | cottonmouth, frogmouth, south / South |
| Meaning | The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge. |
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| Examples | "he stuffed his mouth with candy" |
| Synonyms | oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris |
| Part of | mouth |
| Parts | dentition, teeth; tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper; buccal cavity; gingiva, gum; palate, roof of the mouth; salivary gland |
| Narrower | trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob |
| Broader | rima |
| Adjectives | oral |
| Verbs | mouth; mouth; mouth |
| Meaning | The externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening. |
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| Examples | "she wiped lipstick from her mouth" |
| Part of | face, human face |
| Parts | mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris; lip; lingual artery, arteria lingualis; lingual vein, vena lingualis |
| Narrower | cytostome; beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker; beak |
| Broader | orifice, opening, porta |
| Verbs | mouth; mouth; mouth |
| Meaning | An opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge). |
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| Examples | "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at the mouth of the cave" |
| Broader | opening, gap |
| Meaning | The point where a stream issues into a larger body of water. |
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| Examples | "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson" |
| Broader | geological formation, formation |
| Meaning | A person conceived as a consumer of food. |
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| Examples | "he has four mouths to feed" |
| Broader | eater, feeder |
| Meaning | A spokesperson (as a lawyer). |
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| Synonyms | mouthpiece |
| Broader | spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Verbs | mouth |
| Meaning | An impudent or insolent rejoinder. |
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| Synonyms | sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip |
| Broader | impudence, cheek, impertinence; rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter |
| Verbs | mouth; mouth |
| Meaning | The opening of a jar or bottle. |
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| Examples | "the jar had a wide mouth" |
| Part of | bottle; jar |
| Broader | opening |
| Meaning | Express in speech. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | talk, speak, utter, verbalize, verbalise |
| Entailed by | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say; declaim, recite |
| Narrower | read; vocalize, vocalise, phonate; troll; begin; lip off, shoot one's mouth off; shout; whisper; peep; speak up; snap, snarl; enthuse; speak in tongues; swallow; verbalize, verbalise; whiff; talk of, talk about; blubber, blubber out; drone, drone on; bumble, stutter, stammer, falter; rasp; blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate; tone, inflect, modulate; deliver, present; generalize, generalise; chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble; chatter; yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away; open up; snivel, whine; murmur; mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate; slur; bark; bay; rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave; hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate; cackle; babble; tone, chant, intone; gulp; sing |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Similar to | verbalize, verbalise |
| See also | mouth off |
| Nouns | mouth; mouth; mouth; mouth |
| Meaning | Articulate silently. Form words with the lips only. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "She mouthed a swear word" |
| Narrower | lip-synch, lip-sync |
| Broader | feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble |
| Nouns | mouth; mouth; mouth |
| Meaning | Touch with the mouth. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | touch |
| Nouns | mouth; mouth |