Synonyms for horn

noun

1. A wind instrument

   woodwind, brass instrument, trumpet, air horn, electric horn. see also musical instrument.

   Types of horns include: bugle, trumpet, trombone, cornet, fluegelhorn, French horn, baritone, tuba, sax-tuba, saxophone, sousaphone, brass tuba, bombardon, serpent, alpenhorn, hunting horn, bass horn, conch, lure, ram's horn, shofar;

2. Hard growth on the head of certain animals

   tusk, antler, rack, outgrowth, pronghorn, hornbill, frontal bone, epiphysis, apophysis, quill, corniculum, spine, spike, corniplume, point, cornu, cornicle, cornule; see also bone, tooth 1.

3. The material comprising horns, sense 2

   keratin, elastin, epidermal tissue, corneous matter, corneate matter.

blow one's own horn*

lock horns

on the horns of a dilemma

pull <strong>or </strong>draw<strong> or </strong>haul in one's horns