viper
/ˈvaɪpɚ/
viper noun: a venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
Noun
viper (plural vipers)
- A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
- Synonyms:
- adder
- Any venomous snake.
- A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
- And aggravate my folly who committed / To ſuch a viper his moſt ſacred truſt / Of ſecreſie, my ſafety, and my life.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 62
- Consider, for the love of Heaven, to what you run madly: will you take this viper into your bed?1879, Francis Beaumont, The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 1, D. Appleton, page 350
- A person who smokes marijuana.
- Dreamed about a reefer five feet long / Mighty Mezz, but not too strong / You'll be high but not for long / If you're a vipera. 1936, Stuff Smith, “If You're a Viper”
viper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
viper in Hindi
- a poisonous snake in the family Viperidae
- वाइपर vāipar
viper in Tamil
- விரியன் பாம்பு
viper in Marathi
- वाइपर, वायपर, व्हायपर
viper in Urdu
- افعی, مرد موذی, ظالم, زہریلا سانپ
More languagesFewer languages
- viper in Bengali
- ভাইপার, ভিপার
- viper in Telugu
- వైపర్
- viper in Malayalam
- അണലി aṇali, വിരിയൻ viriyaṉ
- viper in Kannada
- ವಿಷಸರ್ಪ, ಮಂಡಲದ ಹಾವು, ಕಟ್ಟುಹಾವು
- viper in Punjabi
- ਵਾਇਪਰ, ਵਾਈਪਰ
- viper in Gujarati
- વાઇપર, વાઈપર, વાયપર
- viper in Odia
- ଭାଇପର୍, ଭିପର୍
- viper in Sanskrit
- पृदाकु pṛdāku
- viper in Nepali
- भाइपर
- viper in Tagalog
- ulupong
- viper in Arabic
- أَفْعًى ʔafʕan
- viper in Indonesian
- beludak
- viper in Persian
- گرزهمار garze-mâr, گرزه garze
Examples of viper in a sentence
- The most active was the heterodimeric PLA2 HDP-2 from the Nikolsky’s viper, which exhibited nanomolar virucidal activity.
- According to Mary it was a young (and deadly) blunt-nosed viper.
- A 65-year-old man presented with loss of consciousness and developed haemiparesis following a viper bite.
Synonyms of viper
Forms of viper
| plural | vipers |
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Origin of viper
From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) + parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern.
Words formed from viper
- blunt-nosed viper
- carpet viper
- chain viper
- dilute Russell's viper venom time
- eyelash bush viper
- eyelash viper
- Gabon viper
- gaboon viper
- green pit viper
- horned viper
- lowlands hump-nosed pit viper
- Nikolsky's viper
- nourish a viper in one's bosom
- pitless viper
- pit viper
- red viper
- Russell's viper
- Russell's viper venom clotting time
- Russell's viper venom time
- sand viper
- saw-scaled viper
- shore pit viper
- spider-tailed horned viper
- temple viper
- viperess
- viperfish
- viperiform
- viperish
- viperlike
- viperling
- viperoid
- viperous
- viper's bugloss
- viper's grass
- vipery
Phrases with viper
Words that rhyme with viper
Questions about viper
- What does viper mean?
- Viper means a venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
- What is viper in Hindi?
- Viper in Hindi is वाइपर (vāipar). See Viper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is viper?
- Viper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce viper?
- Viper is pronounced /ˈvaɪpɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of viper?
- The plural of viper is vipers.
Words near viper in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: viper (page history and authors); viper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); viper (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); viper (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viper (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); അണലി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); viper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); viper (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viper (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viper (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); viper (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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