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Synonyms for skin
skɪnskin

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. skin, tegument, cutisnoun

    a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

    "your skin is the largest organ of your body"

    Synonyms:
    pelt, cutis, hide, tegument, peel

  2. skinnoun

    an outer surface (usually thin)

    "the skin of an airplane"

    Synonyms:
    pelt, cutis, hide, tegument, peel

  3. hide, pelt, skinnoun

    body covering of a living animal

    Synonyms:
    peel, pelt, tegument, cutis, hide, fell, fur

  4. skinnoun

    a person's skin regarded as their life

    "he tried to save his skin"

    Synonyms:
    pelt, cutis, hide, tegument, peel

  5. peel, skinnoun

    the rind of a fruit or vegetable

    Synonyms:
    pelt, cutis, hide, tegument, peel

  6. skinverb

    a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal

    Synonyms:
    pelt, cutis, hide, tegument, peel

  7. clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputterverb

    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

    Synonyms:
    fight, beat, contend, shin, splutter, jumble, scramble, throw together, struggle, bark, spit out, sputter, pare, scrape, peel, clamber, shinny

  8. skin, scrapeverb

    bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

    "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"

    Synonyms:
    scrape up, pare, peel, shin, scramble, struggle, bark, sputter, come up, scratch, kowtow, grate, scrape, genuflect, clamber, scratch up, shinny

  9. bark, skinverb

    remove the bark of a tree

    Synonyms:
    scramble, struggle, peel, clamber, pare, shin, shinny, sputter, scrape, bark

  10. skin, peel, pareverb

    strip the skin off

    "pare apples"

    Synonyms:
    undress, flake off, scramble, pare down, shin, flake, struggle, unclothe, bark, peel off, sputter, pare, trim, uncase, whittle, strip down, disrobe, strip, scrape, discase, peel, clamber, shinny

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. skinnoun

    Synonyms:
    hide, pelt, derm, CUTIS

  2. skinnoun

    Synonyms:
    husk, hull, peel, rind

  3. skinverb

    Synonyms:
    flay, excoriate

  4. skinverb

    Synonyms:
    peel, pare

  5. skinverb

    Synonyms:
    cover with a skin or crust

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How to use skin in a sentence?

  1. Kevin McCarthy:

    In America, no one should be judged by the color of their skin.

  2. Rachel Lang:

    This is great for everyone, it doesn't matter what age or gender or skin type. This is beauty and health anti-aging from the inside out. It supports and amplifies whatever routine you already have and will give you positive results regardless of your skin condition, because it refreshes and detoxifies, the massages are also good for hangovers.

  3. Selena Gomez:

    All these girls, all the angels are so empowering and so confident and comfortable in their skin, i think that's such a great thing to be surrounded by because that's what you want to feel like no matter who you are or what you feel like -- it's that kind of empowerment that you love.

  4. Mona Gohara:

    A morning shower allows for time to meditate and regroup before starting a long or hectic day, this mindfulness can decrease inflammation in the skin by keeping levels of a hormone called cortisol capped.

  5. Roberto Posada:

    Parents say they are concernedaboutstudents getting sick from COVID-19 and possiblydeveloping Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children( MIS-C), a rare conditionhealth expertssay is linked to the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC) on itswebsite statesMIS-Ccauses multiple organs -- including the heart, kidneys, lungs, eyes, skin, and brain, among others -- to become inflamed after a child has been infected withCOVID-19 or has comeinto contact with a person who had the virus. Will children in the classrooms be potential carriers of COVID-19( Credit : kali9 / iStock) It occurs several weeks after the child was exposed to someone who had a coronavirus infection. Typically, the child didnt have symptoms of COVID-19 but does show antibodies when tested.


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