Synonyms for scrape
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Fix — an awkward set of circumstances
fix, mess, bind, stew, pickle, embarrassment, difficulty, plight, predicament, dilemma, perplexity, pinch, quagmire
2. Scuffle — A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons
punch up, fight, fist fight, scuffle, brawl, fisticuffs, altercation, fray
3. Abrasion
Other
Verb
3. Scratch — to draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure
4. Scratch up
Definitions
- n. 1
A fight, especially a fistfight without weapons.
He got in a scrape with the school bully.
- n. 2
An awkward set of circumstances.
I'm in a bit of a scrape — I've no money to buy my wife a birthday present.
- v. 1
To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
She scraped the wooden plate with her fingernails.
- v. 2
To injure or damage by rubbing across a surface.
She tripped on a rock and scraped her knee.
Related words
- Word family
- scraper
- Phrases
- scrape together bow and scrape scrape by scrape along scrape up rake and scrape scrape off
- Other spellings
- scarpe
Example sentences
- scratching The sociologist has a habit of scratching his back.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| scrape | rising | |
| scratching | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fix1, rub1
- 4 letters
- mark1, skin1, mess1, bind1, scar1, stew1, limp1, fray1, fret1, rasp1
- 5 letters
- fight1, labor2, pinch1, erase2, brawl1, grate1, graze1, scuff1, chafe1
- 6 letters
- labour2, remove2, gather2, plight1, pickle2, squeak1, kowtow2, abrade2
- 7 letters
- scratch1, squeeze1, dilemma3, scuffle2
- 8 letters
- abrasion3, quagmire3
- 9 letters
- genuflect
- 10 letters
- difficulty4, scratching2, fisticuffs3, perplexity4
- 11 letters
- predicament4, altercation4, excoriation5
- 13 letters
- embarrassment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (labor2 = 2 syllables).