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flake - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scale, peel |
| Synonyms: | cell, disk, drop, foil, layer, leaf, membrane, plate, section, sheet, skin, slice, sliver, wafer, lamella, lamina, pellicle, scab, shaving |
| Main Entry: | flake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel off |
| Synonyms: | blister, chip, drop, exfoliate, pare, scale, shed, slice, sliver, trim, delaminate, desquamate, scab, wear away |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shard, flaw |
| Synonyms: | dent, flake, fragment, nick, notch, part, scrap, scratch, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge, gobbet, paring, shaving |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
| Synonyms: | break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crumble, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle, crack off, cut away, hackle, snick |
| Main Entry: | kook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eccentric person |
| Synonyms: | crackpot, crank, crazy*, flake*, lunatic, nut, screwball*, weirdo, dingbat, fruitcake, lamebrain, wacko |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with veneer |
| Synonyms: | coat, exfoliate, face, flake, foil, layer, plate, separate, split, stratify, veneer, foliate, overlayer |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | lunatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, mad |
| Synonyms: | crackpot*, crank, cuckoo*, flake*, kook*, maniac, neurotic, nut*, paranoid, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, demoniac, fruitcake, lamebrain*, loon, scatterbrain, schizophrenic, sociopathic |
| Antonyms: | sane |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maniac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is crazy, overenthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | bigot, crackpot*, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, flake*, freak, kook*, loony*, lunatic, madperson, nut*, psycho, psychopath, screwball*, zealot, Section 8, bedlamite, fruitcake, loon, nutcase, schizoid |
| Notes: | a maniac is an insane person, while manic means affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off outer covering |
| Synonyms: | decorticate, exfoliate, flake, flay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, uncover, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, tear off |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coat with metallic material |
| Synonyms: | bronze, cover, enamel, face, flake, foil, gild, laminate, layer, overlay, scale, silver, stratify, anodize, chrome, electroplate, encrust, nickel, platinize |
| Main Entry: | sliver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece, usually of wood or metal |
| Synonyms: | bit, flake, fragment, shred, slice, slip, snip, snippet, splinter, thorn, paring, shaving |
| Main Entry: | splinter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin piece of solid |
| Synonyms: | bit, chip, flake, fragment, needle, sliver, wood, paring, shaving |
| Main Entry: | weirdo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freak, oddball |
| Synonyms: | case*, character, crackpot*, eccentric, flake*, geek*, misfit, screwball*, fruitcake, nutcase, odd bird, strange bird |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, butt, chicken feed*, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, share, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, trace, trickle, driblet, peanuts, shard, shaving, tittle |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sheet, panel |
| Synonyms: | coat, flake, foil, layer, leaf, plane, print, scale, slab, slice, spangle, stratum, disc, lamella, lamina |
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin covering, skin |
| Synonyms: | film, flake, layer, plate, incrustation, lamina, scurf |
| Main Entry: | dandruff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scurf |
| Synonyms: | flakes, seborrhea |
| Main Entry: | dust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny particles in the air |
| Synonyms: | ashes, dirt, earth, filth, grime, grit, ground, powder, refuse, smut, soil, soot, cinders, dust bunnies, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, lint, loess, sand |
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