snub
/snʌb/adjective, noun, verb
snub is spelled S-N-U-B: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, snub means “Conspicuously short” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in snub?
| Letters | 4: S-N-U-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is snub?
Snub appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce snub?
- /snʌb/
- /snʊb/
Snub has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-snub.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with snub?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as snub.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: buns.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of snub
- more snub comparative
- most snub superlative
- snib
- snubs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- snubbing participle, present
- snubbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snub mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Conspicuously short.
a snub-nosed revolver
- 2
Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
- 3
Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces.
noun
- 1
A deliberate affront or slight.
I hope the people we couldn't invite don't see it as a snub.
- 2
A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
- 3
obsoleteA knot; a protuberance; a snag.
verb
- 1
To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
- 2
To turn down insultingly; to dismiss.
He snubbed my offer of help.
- 3
To check; to reprimand.
- 4
To stub out (a cigarette etc).
- 5
To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
- 6
To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
- 7
To sob with convulsions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snub in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | camouflet , snober |
| German | Brüskierung, Affront , brüskieren, jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen , ablehnen, abtun |
| Spanish | desaire , desairar, hacer un feo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does snub come from?
From Middle English snubben, snibben (noun), either indigenous or from Old Norse snubba (“to curse, chide, snub, scold, reprove, rebuff, infringe”), from Proto-Germanic *snūbaną, *snūpaną. Related to English snip, snap, snape, sneap, to Old Norse sneypa (among more), to Proto-Germanic *snaupijaną.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).