Synonyms of beak

beak

noun

ˈbēk 

1

as in mouth

the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering

the bird cracked the walnut shell with its beak and ate its nut

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mouth
• mandible
• muzzle
• bill
• maw
• nib
• neb
• maxilla

2

as in nose

the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity

the man's prominent beak gives him a somewhat aquiline appearance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nose
• snout
• proboscis
• nozzle
• honker
• conk
• schnozzle
• smeller
• schnoz
• neb
• snoot
• pug
• pugnose

3

as in judge

chiefly British a public official having authority to decide questions of law

received a stiff sentence from one of the harshest beaks in all of London

Synonyms & Similar Words

• judge
• court
• bench
• magistrate
• jurist
• chief justice
• circuit judge
• justice
• adjudicator
• squire
• justice of the peace
• auditor
• master
• jurisconsult
• jurisprudent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beak

And the snout would have nothing to do with birds at all—a beak-like structure that evolved separately from birds, similar to the way the platypus arrived at its bill. — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

But Universal Ostrich Farms, a beak-to-tail-feathers operation that has sold everything from the animals’ meat to salves rendered from their fat, chose to challenge the order as unfair and unreasonable. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Pay homage to a statue of the Egyptian god Horus, whose headdress recalls Natalie Portman’s Queen Amidala, and a Hopi katsina doll of an ogre with the same beak as Jar Jar Binks. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The bot contains 15 motors, a microphone and speaker, a camera, LiDAR, and two motion sensors, along with a beak for picking up objects. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026