Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crumple |
| Synonyms: | compress, crumple up, crunch, rumple, squash, squeeze |
| Main Entry: | wrinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crinkle, fold |
| Synonyms: | compress, corrugate, crease, crimp, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, prune up, pucker, purse, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist |
| Antonyms: | smooth, straighten, unfold |
| Main Entry: | plica |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fold |
| Synonyms: | bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove*, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fold |
| Synonyms: | bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove*, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rimple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fold |
| Synonyms: | bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove*, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rimple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrinkle |
| Synonyms: | compress, corrugate, crease, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, prune up, pucker, purse, ruck, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist |
| Main Entry: | ruck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fold |
| Synonyms: | bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog's ear, double, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove*, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tousle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disarray |
| Synonyms: | clutter, disaarange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, mess*, muss, rumple |
| Notes: | to tousle is to dishevel or make something untidy; to tussle is to scuffle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
accordion, biplicate, contorpuplicate, corrugated, crimped, folded, invaginated, pleached, plicate, retrorse
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