Synonyms for corrugate

Most common

groove · crease · wrinkle · furrow · pucker · cockle · crumple · rumple

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To wrinkle (the skin).

Related words

Word family

corrugated corrugation

Forms

Past participle

corrugated
e.g. corrugated → grooved, creased, wrinkled, ruffled…

Example sentences

• groove We'll get back in the groove of things before long.
• crease Fold and unfold along each of the lines to make a crease.
• wrinkle With her foot she smoothed a wrinkle in the throw rug.
• furrow Make a furrow in the ground and sow the seeds.
• pucker "Mary's lemon pie will make you pucker up and implode," said Tom.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

groove¹, crease¹, ruffle², furrow², pucker², cockle², rumple²

7 letters

wrinkle², crumple², crinkle

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruffle² = 2 syllables).