Synonyms for flake

Most common

chip · fleck · snow · layer · snowflake

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

   There were a few flakes of paint on the floor from when we were painting the walls.

2. n. 2

   A scale of a fish or similar animal

3. v. 1

   To break or chip off in a flake.

   The paint flaked off after only a year.

Related words

Word family

flaky

Phrases

flake out flake off bread flake flake white

Forms

Plural

flakes → chips, bits, scraps, flecks…

Past participle

flaked
e.g. flaked → peeled…

Example sentences

• chip A windshield chip could spread and become a crack.
• fleck There was a fleck of dust on the windshield.
• snow We had less snow this winter than we had expected.
• layer Tom's favorite is the triple-layer chocolate cake.
• snowflake I must be a snowflake because I've fallen for you.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

bit¹

4 letters

snow¹, chip¹, peel¹, geek¹, hunk¹

5 letters

piece¹, scale¹, layer², scrap¹, flock¹, chunk¹, crumb¹, fleck¹, fleak

6 letters

lamina³

7 letters

oddball²

8 letters

particle³, fragment²

9 letters

eccentric³, snowflake²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (layer² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

flocon

Deutsch

Flocke