Synonyms for fold
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Crease — that which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops. A bend or crease
crease, bend, double, flexure, wrinkle, doubling, crimp, pucker, corrugation, plait, plication, gather, rumple, rimple, plicature
2. Flock — A church congregation, a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church…
Other
fold-up, turn-up, creasing, close-up, bending, family, home, shut-down, community, cohort, sinus, plica
Verb
3. Embrace
4. Wrap — to enclose in a fold of material, to swathe, wrap up, cover, enwrap
Definitions
- n. 1
That which is folded together, or which enfolds or envelops. A bend or crease.
- n. 2
A pen or enclosure for sheep or other domestic animals.
- v. 1
To fall over; to collapse or give way; to be crushed.
The chair folded under his enormous weight.
- v. 2
To give way on a point or in an argument.
He folded that point and didn't bring it up again.
Related words
Example sentences
- double Houses here are double the price of those in Kobe.
- bend Bend over backwards for him and he still complain.
- 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.
- faithful The president remained faithful to his principles.
By length
- 3 letters
- pen1, lap1
- 4 letters
- home1, cave1, wrap1, bend1
- 5 letters
- close1, sheep1, yield1, flock1, sinus2, clasp1, laity3, crimp1, plait1, plica
- 6 letters
- family3, double2, gather2, buckle2, cohort2, crease1, pucker2, rumple2, enfold2, enwrap, rimple, infold
- 7 letters
- embrace2, bending2, concede2, wrinkle2, enclose2, envelop3, crumple2, penfold2, flexure
- 8 letters
- faithful2, doubling3, creasing
- 9 letters
- community4, enclosure3, sheepfold, plication, plicature, sheepcote
- 11 letters
- corrugation
- 12 letters
- congregation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sinus2 = 2 syllables).