swine
noun
ˈswīn 
plural swine
1
: any of various stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous artiodactyl mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long flexible snout
especially : a domesticated one descended from the wild boar
2
: a contemptible person
Synonyms
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
you really are a swine—you have no sense of decency at all!
Recent Examples on the Web Neither treatment nor vaccine has been found as of yet for the African swine fever, which kills 98 percent of swine infected. 
Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 By law, swine that are trapped in Alabama must be killed on site. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 May 2022 Prohibited from killing the pigs, Page is leaning on other land managers to share in a coordinated, continuous effort to slow the spread of swine. Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022 This wood should be your go-to with any kind of swine. Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Dec. 2021 As the men toiled with the huge swine, a small but growing group of visitors arrived, some of whom grew up going to hog slaughters in their own communities and some who were attending their first. New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022 Jaume Bernis, a breeder with 1,200 swine on his farm in northeast Spain, fears the war will further increase the pain his business is facing because of climate change and drought. The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2022 In 2006, food safety officials pointed to feral swine as causing an E. coli outbreak in spinach from Salinas Valley. Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022 Hundreds of thousands of dollars sent to Arkansas to deal with feral swine. New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022 See More
Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 By law, swine that are trapped in Alabama must be killed on site. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 May 2022 Prohibited from killing the pigs, Page is leaning on other land managers to share in a coordinated, continuous effort to slow the spread of swine. Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022 This wood should be your go-to with any kind of swine. Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Dec. 2021 As the men toiled with the huge swine, a small but growing group of visitors arrived, some of whom grew up going to hog slaughters in their own communities and some who were attending their first. New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022 Jaume Bernis, a breeder with 1,200 swine on his farm in northeast Spain, fears the war will further increase the pain his business is facing because of climate change and drought. The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2022 In 2006, food safety officials pointed to feral swine as causing an E. coli outbreak in spinach from Salinas Valley. Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022 Hundreds of thousands of dollars sent to Arkansas to deal with feral swine. New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English swīn; akin to Old High German swīn swine, Latin sus — more at sow
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing swine
Kids Definition
swine
noun
ˈswīn
plural swine
: a wild or domestic pig
Medical Definition
swine
noun
ˈswīn
: any of various stout-bodied short-legged mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long mobile snout
especially : a domesticated member of a species (Sus scrofa) that occurs wild in the Old World
swine
noun
as in dog
a person whose behavior is offensive to others you really are a swine—you have no sense of decency at all! Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dog
- bastard
- jerk
- clown
- skunk
- snake
- rat
- beast
- creep
- reptile
- joker
- vermin
- idiot
- toad
- varmint
- brute
- rotter
- moron
- brat
- cur
- hound
- cad
- louse
- churl
- boor
- scum
- fool
- heel
- buzzard
- bugger
- slime
- sod
- stinker
- slimeball
- cretin
- schmuck
- blighter
- scumbag
- slob
- villain
- nuisance
- barbarian
- lout
- crud
- bounder
- bleeder
- savage
- stinkard
- pill
- crumb
- sleaze
- dirtbag
- scuzzball
- sleazebag
- sleazeball
- turkey
- fink
- chuff
- wretch
- nerd
- rogue
- lowlife
- imbecile
- scoundrel
- vulgarian
- miscreant
- rascal
- so-and-so
- scab
- dolt
- son of a gun
- rat fink
- loudmouth
- jackass
- scamp
- pest
- ninny
- nincompoop
- caveman
- dope
- roughneck
- snot
- booby
- blockhead
- airhead
- insolent
- dork
- nut
- Neanderthal
- doofus
- half-wit
- nitwit
- snob
- birdbrain
- dweeb
- goon
- schmo
- schmoe
- snip
- snoot
- dink
- nit
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- idol
- hero
- gentleman
- lady
- heroine
- saint
- angel
- role model