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Synonyms for ruff

9 synonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

tommy ruff roughy choker pope collar frill trumping

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Tommy ruff — A fish of species Arripis georgianus, found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia

tommy ruff, roughy

2. Ruffle

Other

collar, frill, drum, pope, trumping

Definitions

n. 1
A fish of species Arripis georgianus, found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia
n. 2
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

Related words

Phrases: tommy ruff
Other spellings: ruffe

Forms

Plural: ruffs → roughies, ruffles, chokers, collars…

Example sentences

choker She wore a stylish black choker necklace to the party.
pope The Holy Inquisition started with Pope Lucius III.
collar The dog slipped its collar without any difficulty.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
ruff		rising
roughy		rising
choker		rising
pope		rising
collar		steady

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

By length

4 letters: pope¹, drum¹
5 letters: frill¹
6 letters: collar², ruffle², choker, roughy
8 letters: trumping

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (collar² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: grémille
Deutsch: Kaulbarsch