| Main Entry: | cosmetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying; relating to appearance |
Synonyms: |
corrective, gooky, improving, makeup, nonessential, painted, remedial, restorative, superficial, surface, touching-up |
Antonyms: |
disfiguring |
| Main Entry: | cream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lotion, oil |
Synonyms: |
cerate, chrism, cosmetic, demulcent, emulsion, essence, jelly, liniment, moisturizer, ointment, paste, salve, unction, unguent |
| Main Entry: | decorative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying |
Synonyms: |
adorning, cosmetic, embellishing, enhancing, fancy, florid, nonfunctional, ornamental, prettifying, pretty |
Antonyms: |
ugly |
| Main Entry: | deodorant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that freshens |
Synonyms: |
air freshener, antiperspirant, cleanser, cosmetic, deodorizer, disinfectant, fumigant, fumigator, smoke screen |
| Notes: | a deodorant neutralizes or masks body odors; an antiperspirant includes cosmetic chemical(s) to inhibit perspiration |
| Main Entry: | lotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creamy solution |
Synonyms: |
balm, cosmetic, cream, demulcent, embrocation, lenitive, liniment, medicine, ointment, palliative, preparation, salve, unguent, wash |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tinted covering |
Synonyms: |
acrylic, chroma, color, coloring, cosmetic, dye, emulsion, enamel, flat, gloss, greasepaint, latex, makeup, oil, overlay, pigment, rouge, stain, tempera, varnish, veneer, wax |
| Main Entry: | superficial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without depth, detail |
Synonyms: |
apparent, casual, cosmetic, cursory, depthless, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash, flimsy, frivolous, general, glib, half-baked, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, nodding, on the surface, one-dimensional, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, perfunctory, peripheral, quick-fix, seeming, shallow, shoal, silly, sketchy, skin-deep, slapdash, slight, smattery, summary, surface, tip of the iceberg, trivial, uncritical, warped |
Antonyms: |
analytical, careful, deep, detailed, genuine, thorough |
| Main Entry: | rouge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blusher |
Synonyms: |
cosmetic, dye, makeup, paint, red, reddener |
| Main Entry: | one-dimensional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superficial |
Synonyms: |
apparent, casual, cosmetic, cursory, depthless, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash*, flimsy, frivolous, general, glib, half-baked, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, nodding, on the surface, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, perfunctory, peripheral, quick-fix, seeming, shallow, shoal, silly, sketchy, skin-deep, slapdash, slight, smattery, summary, surface, tip of the iceberg, trivial, uncritical, warped |