gape

The word “gape” has 1 syllable: gape

It's pronounced as /ɡeɪp/


What is synonym and antonym for gape?

In the thesaurus, “gape” has 58 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gape along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gape

  • aspect
  • attention
  • beam
  • blink
  • bore
  • cleave
  • consider
  • contemplation
  • crack
  • dehisce
  • divide
  • examination
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • fixate
  • fixation
  • focus
  • frondesce
  • gap
  • gawk
  • gawp
  • gaze
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful
  • give the eye
  • glare
  • gloat
  • glower
  • goggle
  • inspection
  • leer
  • look
  • observance
  • observation
  • observe
  • ogle
  • outface
  • outstare
  • part
  • peer
  • perusal
  • peruse
  • regard
  • rubberneck
  • scrutiny
  • size up
  • split
  • stare
  • stare down
  • study
  • surveillance
  • survey
  • take in
  • watch
  • wonder
  • yaw
  • yawn
  • yawp

Antonyms for gape

Meanings of gape

  • noun
    1. An act of gaping; a yawn.
    2. A large opening.
    3. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
    4. The width of an opening.
    5. The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
  • verb
    1. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
    2. To stare in wonder.
    3. To open wide; to display a gap.
    4. Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

Example Sentences

  • The canyon stretched before them, its vastness causing them to gape in wonder.
  • Despite the warning signs, tourists often ignore safety measures and gape over the edge of the cliff.
  • He couldn't help but gape at the extravagant display of wealth in the billionaire's mansion.
  • The unexpected announcement caused everyone in the room to gape at each other in astonishment.
  • The news of his resignation made colleagues gape in disbelief, they never anticipated his departure.

On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gape, such as: aspect, attention, beam, blink, bore, browse, cleave.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

baffled

  • abashed
  • addled
  • addlepated
  • adhered
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • agnostic
  • agog
  • appalled
  • arrested
  • astonished
  • astounded
  • at a loss
  • at sea
  • at sixes and sevens
  • averted
  • awe-struck
  • awed
  • balked
  • bamboozled
  • barred
  • beat
  • befogged
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bested
  • bewildered
  • blocked
  • bollixed
  • bothered
  • bowled over
  • buffaloed
  • caught
  • chagrined
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • circumvented
  • clogged
  • clueless
  • come apart
  • come unzipped
  • confounded
  • confused
  • confusional
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • cowed
  • cozened
  • crushed
  • dazed
  • dazzled
  • deceived
  • defeated
  • deluded
  • disappointed
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • disorganized
  • disoriented
  • disquieted
  • distracted
  • distressed
  • distrustful
  • disturbed
  • dizzy
  • dopey
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • dubious
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • duped
  • embarrassed
  • encumbered
  • equivocal
  • faithless
  • faltering
  • fazed
  • fettered
  • fixed
  • flabbergasted
  • flipped-out
  • floored
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • foggy
  • foiled
  • fooled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • foxed
  • frozen
  • frustrated
  • fuddled
  • giddy
  • glassy-eyed
  • glued
  • gone
  • got
  • graveled
  • gravelled
  • gulled
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • hard put
  • hard-pressed
  • held back
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hindered
  • hoaxed
  • hobbled
  • hoodwinked
  • humbled
  • humbugged
  • hung up
  • impeded
  • in a dither
  • in a fog
  • in a quandary
  • in clouds
  • in dilemma
  • indecisive
  • inhibited
  • irresolute
  • joined
  • licked
  • like doubting Thomas
  • lost
  • loused up
  • manacled
  • mastered
  • mazed
  • messed-up
  • mind-blown
  • mired
  • misguided
  • misled
  • mixed up
  • mortified
  • mucked up
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • mystified
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • not following
  • not with it
  • nullified
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • of two minds
  • offset
  • out to lunch
  • overcame
  • overcome
  • overpowered
  • overthrown
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • posed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • put out
  • put to it
  • puzzled
  • questioning
  • rattled
  • reeling
  • routed
  • ruined
  • saddled
  • screwed-up
  • screwy
  • set back
  • shackled
  • shocked
  • shook
  • shook-up
  • short-circuited
  • shot to pieces
  • skeptical
  • slap-happy
  • slaphappy
  • snowed
  • spaced out
  • speechless
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • startled
  • stopped
  • strung along
  • stuck
  • stumped
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • stymied
  • subjugated
  • surmounted
  • surprised
  • suspicious
  • taken aback
  • tentative
  • theoretical
  • thrown
  • thrown off balance
  • thunderstruck
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • took in
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • tricked
  • troubled
  • trounced
  • turbid
  • uncertain
  • unconvinced
  • undecided
  • undone
  • unglued
  • unhinged
  • unresolved
  • unscrewed
  • unsettled
  • unsure
  • unzipped
  • upset
  • vacillating
  • vanquished
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wavering
  • weirded out
  • without a clue
  • without belief
  • woolly
  • worsted

bamboozled

  • abashed
  • addled
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • amazed
  • astonished
  • baffled
  • baited
  • beat
  • befogged
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • betrayed
  • bewildered
  • bilked
  • bled
  • blown-away
  • bluffed
  • bothered
  • bowled over
  • breathless
  • buffaloed
  • burned
  • burnt
  • caught
  • chagrined
  • cheated
  • chiseled
  • chiselled
  • confounded
  • confused
  • conned
  • cozened
  • culled
  • deceived
  • defrauded
  • deluded
  • did a number on
  • diddled
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • dismayed
  • disoriented
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dumb
  • duped
  • embarrassed
  • euchred
  • faked out
  • fazed
  • finessed
  • flabbergasted
  • fleeced
  • flimflammed
  • floored
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • fooled
  • foxed
  • fuddled
  • gaffed
  • gammoned
  • got
  • graveled
  • gravelled
  • gulled
  • had
  • had on
  • hoaxed
  • hoodwinked
  • hornswoggled
  • humbugged
  • hustled
  • juggled
  • kidded
  • knocked
  • led one down the garden path
  • led one up the garden path
  • licked
  • lured
  • mazed
  • misguided
  • misinformed
  • misled
  • mortified
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • mulcted
  • mystified
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • outfoxed
  • overcharged
  • overcome
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • played
  • posed
  • put on
  • puzzled
  • rattled
  • ripped off
  • rooked
  • scammed
  • shocked
  • shortchanged
  • skinned
  • snared
  • snookered
  • snowed
  • speechless
  • spoofed
  • squeezed
  • staggered
  • startled
  • strung along
  • stuck
  • stumped
  • stung
  • stunned
  • sucked in
  • suckered
  • surprised
  • swindled
  • taken
  • taken aback
  • taken in
  • teased
  • thrown
  • thunderstruck
  • took in
  • trapped
  • tricked
  • unhinged
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • vexed
  • vext
  • victimized
  • weirded out

dazzled

  • absorbed
  • addled
  • affected
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agog
  • appalled
  • aroused
  • astonished
  • astounded
  • attracted
  • awe-struck
  • awed
  • baffled
  • bedazzled
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bewildered
  • bewitched
  • blind
  • blinded
  • bowled over
  • charmed
  • confused
  • dazed
  • delighted
  • disconcerted
  • distracted
  • disturbed
  • dizzy
  • dumb
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • enamored
  • enchanted
  • engrossed
  • enraptured
  • enthralled
  • enticed
  • entranced
  • excited
  • faint
  • fascinated
  • flabbergasted
  • flipped-out
  • floored
  • flustered
  • fond of
  • gaga
  • giddy
  • groggy
  • hazy
  • hypnotized
  • in a dither
  • in love with
  • infatuated
  • intoxicated
  • light
  • light-headed
  • lightheaded
  • lost
  • mesmerized
  • misled
  • muddled
  • mystified
  • off balance
  • out of control
  • overpowered
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • puzzled
  • queasy
  • rattled
  • reeling
  • seduced
  • seeing stars
  • senile
  • sent
  • shaky
  • shocked
  • shook-up
  • silly
  • slap-happy
  • smitten
  • snowed
  • sold on
  • speechless
  • staggered
  • staggering
  • startled
  • stuck on
  • stumped
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • surprised
  • swimming
  • taken aback
  • tantalized
  • thrilled
  • thrown
  • thunderstruck
  • tipsy
  • titillated
  • transfixed
  • transported
  • uncertain
  • under a spell
  • unglued
  • unsteady
  • upset
  • vertiginous
  • weak in the knees
  • weak-kneed
  • whirling
  • wobbly
  • woozy

gander

  • airhead
  • beast
  • birdbrain
  • blockhead
  • blush
  • bonehead
  • booby
  • boor
  • bubblehead
  • buffoon
  • cad
  • cast
  • chowderhead
  • chucklehead
  • churl
  • clodpole
  • clodpoll
  • clot
  • clown
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • creep
  • cretin
  • cuddie
  • cuddy
  • cur
  • deadhead
  • dim bulb
  • dimwit
  • dip
  • dodo
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • doofus
  • dope
  • dork
  • dullard
  • dum-dum
  • dumb cluck
  • dumbbell
  • dumbhead
  • dummkopf
  • dummy
  • dunce
  • dunderhead
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • fathead
  • featherbrain
  • flash
  • fleeting look
  • fool
  • gape
  • gawk
  • gaze
  • glance
  • glare
  • glimpse
  • golem
  • goof
  • goon
  • goose
  • half-wit
  • hammerhead
  • hardhead
  • heel
  • idiot
  • ignoramus
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • jerk
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
  • lamebrain
  • lamp
  • leer
  • loggerhead
  • look
  • look-see
  • loon
  • loony
  • loser
  • lump
  • lunatic
  • lunkhead
  • madman
  • meathead
  • mome
  • moron
  • mug
  • mutt
  • natural
  • nimrod
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit
  • nitwit
  • noddy
  • noodle
  • numbskull
  • numskull
  • nut
  • oaf
  • ogle
  • peek
  • peep
  • pinhead
  • prat
  • quick look
  • ratbag
  • regard
  • saphead
  • scatterbrain
  • schlub
  • schnook
  • shlub
  • side-glance
  • sight
  • simpleton
  • skunk
  • slant
  • snake
  • squinny
  • squint
  • stare
  • stinker
  • stock
  • stupe
  • stupid
  • swivel
  • thickhead
  • turkey
  • view
  • villain
  • woodenhead
  • yahoo
  • yo-yo
  • zany

ganders

  • airheads
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • blockheads
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bubbleheads
  • buffoons
  • cads
  • casts
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • churls
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clots
  • clowns
  • clucks
  • clunks
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • deadheads
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • dips
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumb clucks
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • eyes
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • fools
  • gapes
  • gawks
  • gazes
  • geese
  • glances
  • glares
  • glimpses
  • golems
  • goofs
  • goons
  • half-wits
  • hammerheads
  • hardheads
  • heels
  • idiots
  • ignorami
  • ignoramuses
  • imbeciles
  • jackasses
  • jerks
  • know-nothings
  • knuckleheads
  • lamebrains
  • leers
  • loggerheads
  • looks
  • loonies
  • loons
  • losers
  • lumps
  • lunatics
  • lunkheads
  • lunks
  • madmen
  • meatheads
  • momes
  • morons
  • mugs
  • mutts
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • ninnyhammers
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • noddies
  • noodles
  • numbskulls
  • numskulls
  • nuts
  • oafs
  • ogles
  • peeks
  • peeps
  • pinheads
  • prats
  • ratbags
  • regards
  • sapheads
  • scatterbrains
  • schlubs
  • schnooks
  • shlubs
  • side-glances
  • sights
  • simpletons
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • snakes
  • squinnies
  • squints
  • stares
  • stinkers
  • stocks
  • stupes
  • stupids
  • thickheads
  • turkeys
  • views
  • villains
  • woodenheads
  • yahoos
  • yo-yos
  • zanies

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