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Synonyms for stubble

Most common

straw stalk husk chaff stub

All synonyms

Noun

1. Chaff

chaff, straw, husk, stalk, shuck

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

Related words

Word family
stubbly
Phrases
designer stubble

Forms

Plural
stubbles → chaffs, straws, husks, stalks…

Example sentences

  • straw It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
  • stalk There's a website where people stalk Tom obsessively.
  • husk He's just a husk of his former self.
  • chaff It is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.
  • stub Layla had multiple stub wounds to her back.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
stubblerising
strawsteady
stalkfalling
husksteady
chaffsteady
stubsteady

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

By length

4 letters
stub1, husk1
5 letters
straw1, stalk1, stump1, chaff1, shuck1

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