skin - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

body covering of a living animal

Synonyms

• hide
• pelt
• skin

More generic

• body covering

Noun

an outer surface (usually thin)

Synonyms

• skin

More generic

• surface

Related

• aircraft

Noun

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

Synonyms

• skin

More generic

• bag

More specific

• water skin
• waterskin
• wineskin

Noun

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

Synonyms

• cutis
• skin
• tegument

More generic

• body covering
• connective tissue

More specific

• agnail
• buff
• cuticle
• dewlap
• foreskin
• hangnail
• investment
• prepuce
• scalp
• skin graft
• thick skin

Related

• Pacinian corpuscle
• blackhead
• comedo
• corium
• crease
• crinkle
• cuticle
• derma
• dermis
• epidermis
• freckle
• free nerve ending
• furrow
• lentigo
• line
• liver spot
• macula
• macule
• milium
• pore
• pressure point
• scab
• seam
• skin cell
• sudoriferous gland
• sweat gland
• whitehead
• wrinkle

Related

• integumentary system

Related

• melanin

Noun

the rind of a fruit or vegetable

Synonyms

• peel
• skin

More generic

• rind

More specific

• banana peel
• banana skin
• jacket
• lemon peel
• lemon rind
• orange peel
• orange rind

Related

• edible fruit

Noun

a person whose head is bald or shaved

Synonyms

• baldhead
• baldpate
• baldy
• skin
• skinhead

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

Noun

a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent

Synonyms

• skin
• skinhead

More generic

• bully
• hooligan
• roughneck
• rowdy
• ruffian
• tough
• yob
• yobbo
• yobo

Related

• bootboys
• skinheads

Noun

a person's skin regarded as their life

Synonyms

• skin

More generic

• aliveness
• animation
• life
• living

Verb

strip the skin off

Synonyms

• pare
• peel
• skin

More generic

• strip

More specific

• flay
• peel off

Verb

remove the bark of a tree

Synonyms

• bark
• skin

More generic

• strip

Verb

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

Synonyms

• scrape
• skin

More generic

• injure
• wound

Verb

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Synonyms

• clamber
• scramble
• shin
• shinny
• skin
• sputter
• struggle

More generic

• climb

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