Synonyms for peel
- verb
- noun
Most common
strip strip down uncase unclothe skin exfoliate pare decorticate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Strip — to remove one's clothing
strip, disrobe, undress, strip down, uncase, unclothe, discase dated
2. Skin — to remove the skin or outer covering of
Other
pare, decorticate, ecdyse, delibrate dated
Noun
2. Pizza paddle — A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or…
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove the skin or outer covering of.
I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- v. 2
To remove one's clothing.
The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- n. 1
The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
- n. 2
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
Near-synonym: pizza paddle
Related words
- Word family
- peeler peely
- Phrases
- peel off peel rubber banana peel onion peel pizza peel
Example sentences
- strip Full body scanners perform a virtual strip search.
- skin Her skin is coarse from years of working outdoors.
- exfoliate Ziri used a bath sponge to exfoliate his skin.
By length
- 4 letters
- skin1, hull1, bark1, zest1, pare1, rind1, husk1
- 5 letters
- strip1, shell1, flake1
- 6 letters
- uncase, deskin2, ecdyse
- 7 letters
- undress2, disrobe, discase
- 8 letters
- unclothe
- 9 letters
- exfoliate4, delibrate
- 10 letters
- desquamate
- 11 letters
- decorticate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deskin2 = 2 syllables).