SNIDE Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

snide

adjective

ˈsnīd

Definition of snide

as in nasty

not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency a snide trick to get the couple to gamble on a bet they had no real chance of winning

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as in false

being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud some small-time crook who was selling snide gems to gullible tourists

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Recent Examples of snide In an inversion of the more common critical reception of an emerging artist, this new writer’s poetry was often noticed but seldom admired, notwithstanding the Daily Mirror’s snide enthusiasm. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 Ochoa’s snide speech about his privileged private school becomes a wrenching aria of desolation and need. — Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026 But to go so far as to dismiss the past… Making a snide comment about the Cannes audience, which has always welcomed him warmly, was pointless and unfair. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 The president then typed a long list of his own purported achievements and alleged that a snide remark Maher made about him on Friday was the result of a joke going over the veteran comic’s head. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snide

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snide

Adjective

Her boyfriend is nasty Sebastiano’s older soldier son Michelangelo (Lorenzo Richelmy), a true chip off the old block.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
Beyond those obvious impediments, Elkins was coming off a nasty stoppage loss in his previous fight against Julian Erosa at UFC 314 in April 2025.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of nasty

Adjective

Along with the WiFi jammer, deputies said they were found to be in possession of false license plates and burglary tools.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Many of these times, KFA employees allegedly filed false expense reports chalking up the charges to meals, drinks, or standard massages.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of false

Adjective

Families typically will have no way of knowing what materials are inside counterfeit products.

— Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 13 Aug. 2026
The murder case is based upon the legal theory that Batsukh knowingly introduced the danger to Wilson despite his knowledge that the pills were counterfeit and unsafe.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of counterfeit

Adjective

But if Rodgers and Newton are right about fake vaccination cards being a thing around the NFL at the time, there was apparently much bamboozling being done by a number of people.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
As bait, the researchers created a fake startup, Ballena Azul, which pretended to focus on decentralized finance for large holders of cryptocurrency, which North Koreans have been known to target to fund the country’s regime.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of fake

Adjective

Oleksa watches them from the other end of the camera feed, in the middle of a gnarly interrogation with Kyle and Cruz — the latter silently watching Oleksa go through a cruel facsimile of her own violent recruitment crucible in the first season.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Murder charge 'cruel and unusual,' advocate says Of cases where a child was unknowingly left in a car, about 41% do not lead to criminal charges against caregivers, Rollins said.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of cruel

Adjective

Last month’s board election was tainted by forged ballots, including one with a voter’s name misspelled.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
She was additionally found guilty of insurance fraud for taking out a $100,000 insurance policy on her husband's life with his forged signature and for submitting a claim following his death.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 May 2026

Definition of forged

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