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Synonyms for rimple

Most common

fold ripple crease wrinkle pucker rumple corrugation

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A wrinkle.

Forms

Plural
rimples → folds, ripples, creases, wrinkles…

Example sentences

  • fold "I can't fold another crane," she said to herself.
  • ripple Ziri watched the breeze ripple through the trees.
  • 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.
  • pucker "Mary's lemon pie will make you pucker up and implode," said Tom.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rimplesteady
foldsteady
ripplesteady
creasesteady
wrinklerising
puckerrising

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

By length

4 letters
fold1
6 letters
ripple2, crease1, pucker2, rumple2
7 letters
wrinkle2, crumple2
11 letters
corrugation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ripple2 = 2 syllables).