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Synonyms for skin

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

epidermis dermis derma integument peel peeling baldhead pelt

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Dermis

dermis, epidermis, derma, integument, cutis, tegument rare

2. Peel — the outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant

peel, peeling, hull, husk, pericarp

3. Skinhead

skinhead, baldy informal, baldhead, baldpate rare

4. Pelt — the skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc

pelt, hide

Other

cuticle, film, membrane, drum head, pellicle, avatar, rolling paper US, moiety, epicarp rare

Verb

1. Bark — to injure the skin of

bark, scrape, chafe, excoriate, graze

2. Shin

shin, shinny, struggle, clamber, sputter, scramble

3. Scalp — to remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human

scalp, fleece, flay, flense rare

Other

rind, pare, cheat, deskin rare, unskin rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.

  2. n. 2

    The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.

  3. v. 1

    To injure the skin of.

    He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.

  4. v. 2

    To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.

Related words

Word family
skinbound skinbyrd skin-crawling skin-deep skin-diver skingirl skinhead skinless
Phrases
goose skin skin and bones skin flick chicken skin skin tag skin up climbing skin goldbeater's skin

Forms

Plural
skins → dermises, epidermises, dermas, integuments…
Past participle
skinned
e.g. skinned → barked, scraped, chafed, excoriated…

Example sentences

  • epidermis The outer layer of cells of plants is also called the epidermis.
  • peel I have to peel a whole bucket of apples for a jam.
  • peeling The paint is peeling off the weather-beaten wall.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
skinrising
epidermisfalling
dermisrising
dermafalling
integumentfalling
peelrising

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

By length

4 letters
film1, hide1, hull1, bark1, peel1, shin1, pelt1, husk1, rind1, pare1, flay1
5 letters
cheat1, scalp1, graze1, baldy, chafe1, derma2, cutis
6 letters
avatar3, scrape1, fleece1, moiety3, dermis2, shinny, flense, deskin2, unskin
7 letters
peeling2, cuticle3, clamber2, sputter2, epicarp
8 letters
struggle2, membrane2, scramble2, skinhead2, pellicle, pericarp, baldhead, tegument, baldpate
9 letters
epidermis4, excoriate4
10 letters
integument4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (derma2 = 2 syllables).

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peau
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