Synonyms for crease

Most common

wrinkle · pucker · crinkle · scrunch

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make a crease in; to wrinkle.

2. v. 2

   To undergo creasing; to form wrinkles.

3. n. 1

   A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

   His pants had a nice sharp crease.

4. n. 2

   One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.

   DRS showed he was out of the crease in a controversial run out review.

Related words

Word family

creaseless creaseproof creased

Phrases

simian crease

Forms

Plural

creases → folds, bends, crimps, plications…

Past participle

creased
e.g. creased → wrinkled, crinkled, puckered, scrunched…

Example sentences

• wrinkle With her foot she smoothed a wrinkle in the throw rug.
• pucker "Mary's lemon pie will make you pucker up and implode," said Tom.
• crinkle I hate the sound that cellophane makes when you crinkle it.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

line¹, zone¹, fold¹, bend¹, kris¹, rake¹, seam¹, ruck¹

5 letters

crisp¹, graze¹, crimp¹

6 letters

furrow², pucker², rumple², creese, ruckle², rimple

7 letters

wrinkle², crinkle, scrunch¹, crumple², flexure

9 letters

plication, corrugate³

11 letters

corrugation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (furrow² = 2 syllables).