Home › Words › S › snookerysnookerysnookery means characterized by or resembling the game of snooker.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, snookery ranks #16,007 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom snooker + -y.adjCharacterized by or resembling the game of snooker.e.g.“The room's furnishings are redolent of leisured snookery evenings, joshing and cigar smoke, as the balls click, spin and glide across the faded baize.” — 1983, Trevor Fishlock, Gandhi's Children, New York, N.Y.: Universe Books, →ISBN, page 176:nounA place where snooker is played.e.g.“One small room off the kitchen was set aside as the "snookery."” — 1930 April, “Temperament—Will It Make or Unmake Your Home?”, in Better Homes and Gardens, volume 8, number 8, Des Moines, I.A.: Meredith Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 102:Trickery.e.g.“He [Guy Cadogan Rothery] offers a preponderance of well established fact at a low price, and shows no sign of inventive "snookery".” — 1916 August, “Reviews”, in The Burlington Magazine, volume XXIX, London: The Burlington Magazine Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 214:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.croquetlike 62% match — Resembling the game of croquet or some aspect of it. vs snookery →snickery 61% match — Resembling or characterized by snickers. vs snookery →snipey 60% match — Full of or attractive to snipe. vs snookery →cricky 57% match — Resembling or characteristic of a crick. vs snookery →cotgrave 57% match — A fluke in which a pot or snooker is obtained by accident vs snookery →golfy 56% match — Resembling or characteristic of the sport of golf. vs snookery →cuestick 56% match — cue; the stick used to propel the ball in snooker, billiards, etc. vs snookery →billiards 56% match — A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. vs snookery →