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skin - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outer covering, especially of animate being |
| Synonyms: | bark, case, casing, coating, crust, fell, film, fur, hide, hull, husk, integument, jacket, membrane, outside, parchment, peel, pelt, rind, sheath, shell, shuck, surface, carapace, cutis, derma, dermis, epidermis, sheathing, slough, tegument, vellum |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Antonyms: | body, core, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove outer covering |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bare, bark, cast, cut off, decorticate, excoriate, exuviate, flay, gall, graze, hull, husk, pare, peel, pull off, remove, rind, scale, scrape, shave, shed, shuck, strip, trim, lay bare, scalp, slough |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | blame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accuse; place responsibility |
| Synonyms: | admonish, ascribe, attribute, blast, blow the whistle on, censure, charge, chide, climb all over, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, disapprove, express disapprobation, find fault with, finger*, frame, hold responsible, impute, indict, jump all over, jump down one's throat, knock*, lay a bad trip on, lay at one's door, lay to, let one have it, lower the boom, pass the buck*, point the finger, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, roast*, saddle, skin*, stick it to, tax, upbraid |
| Antonyms: | applaud, commend, exalt, exculpate, exonerate, praise, thank |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | casing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
| Synonyms: | hull, jacket, sheath, skin, wrapper |
| Main Entry: | coating |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
| Synonyms: | blanket, bloom, coat, crust, film, finish, glaze, layer, membrane, sheet, skin, varnish, veneer, dusting, encrustation, lamination, patina |
| Main Entry: | condemn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, convict |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on, call down*, castigate, censure, chide, come down on*, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, find fault with, find guilty, frame, hang something on, judge, knock, lay at one's door, let have it, name, pass sentence on, pin it on, point finger at, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river, sentence, skin, thumbs down on, upbraid |
| Antonyms: | absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiff outer layer; coating |
| Synonyms: | band, bloom, border, coat, concretion, covering, edge, film, hull, integument, layer, outside, rind, shell, skin, surface, verge, caking, encrustation, incrustation, scab |
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, outwit, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, swindle, take advantage of, take in, trick, victimize, beat out of, buffalo, cross up, impose upon, lead on, play joke on, pull fast one, suck in, take for, take for ride, take to cleaners |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, attack |
| Synonyms: | accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, finger*, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat*, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, charge with, denunciate, hang something on, inveigh against, take to task |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | envelope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrapper |
| Synonyms: | bag, box, case, casing, cloak, coat, coating, container, cover, covering, enclosure, hide, jacket, pocket, pouch, receptacle, sheath, shell, skin, vesicle, wrapping |
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take advantage of; misuse |
| Synonyms: | abuse, apply, bleed*, employ, exercise, finesse, fleece*, handle, jockey*, maneuver, manipulate, milk*, mine*, play*, skin*, soak*, stick*, use, utilize, work, avail oneself of, capitalize on, cash in on, get mileage out of, impose upon, make capital of, make use of, play on, profit by, profit from, put to use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exterior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visible part |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, coating, cover, covering, external, facade, face, finish, outside, polish, rind, shell, skin, surface, exteriority, superficies, superstratum |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | extort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat; blackmail |
| Synonyms: | bleed*, bully, clip, coerce, demand, educe, elicit, evince, exact, extract, fleece, force, get, gouge, hold up*, ice*, make pay through nose, milk*, obtain, pinch, pull one's leg, put screws to, put the arm on, secure, shake down*, skin*, soak, squeeze, stick, sting, wrench, wrest, wring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | fur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hair on animals |
| Synonyms: | brush, coat, down, fluff, fuzz, hide, jacket, pelt, pile, skin, wool, lint, pelage |
| Main Entry: | hull |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeleton, body |
| Synonyms: | bark, case, casing, cast, covering, frame, framework, husk, mold, peel, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin, structure, peeling |
| Main Entry: | husk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering, case |
| Synonyms: | bark, case, chaff, hull, outside, pod, rind, shell, shuck, skin, aril, glume |
| Antonyms: | core |
| Main Entry: | jacket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
| Synonyms: | case, casing, coat, envelope, folder, fur, hide, pelt, sheath, skin, threads, tunic, wrapper, parka, wrapping |
| Main Entry: | maul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mangle, abuse |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, buffet, claw, clean, drub, flagellate, flail, hit, hurt, knock about*, lacerate, lash, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste*, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, rough up, skin, thrash, trample, wax, whip, break face, handle roughly, ill-treat, knock around, lean on, let have it, put in the hospital, take care of, work over |
| Antonyms: | guard, maintain, protect, take care |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without clothes, covering |
| Synonyms: | au naturel*, bald, bare, bare-skinned, buck naked, dishabille*, disrobed, exposed, garmentless, in birthday suit, in one's skin, in the altogether, naked, peeled, raw, skin, stark, stark-naked, stripped, unattired, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, wearing only a smile, without a stitch |
| Antonyms: | clothed, covered |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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