Synonyms for pucker

Most common

fold · crease · wrinkle · rumple

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.

2. n. 1

   A fold or wrinkle.

Related words

Word family

puckery

Forms

Plural

puckers → flutters, bothers, corrugations, frets…

Past participle

puckered
e.g. puckered → wrinkled, folded, creased, cockled…

Example sentences

• fold "I can't fold another crane," she said to herself.
• 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.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

draw¹, fold¹, knit¹, fuss¹, tuck¹, fret¹, ruck¹

5 letters

purse¹

6 letters

bother², gather², crease¹, flurry², ruffle², cockle², rumple², rimple

7 letters

wrinkle², flutter², crumple², fluster²

9 letters

confusion³, agitation⁴, corrugate³

10 letters

perplexity⁴

11 letters

corrugation

12 letters

perturbation⁴, discomposure

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bother² = 2 syllables).