Synonyms for wrinkle

Most common

crease · pucker · crinkle · crumple · furrow

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

   Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.

2. n. 1

   A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.

Related words

Word family

wrinkle-free wrinkly

Forms

Plural

wrinkles → lines, seams, corrugations…

Past participle

wrinkled
e.g. wrinkled → crinkled, creased, crumpled, puckered…

Example sentences

• crease Fold and unfold along each of the lines to make a crease.
• pucker "Mary's lemon pie will make you pucker up and implode," said Tom.
• crinkle I hate the sound that cellophane makes when you crinkle it.
• crumple Do not fold or crumple this sheet.
• furrow Make a furrow in the ground and sow the seeds.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

line¹, fold¹, seam¹, ruck¹

5 letters

purse¹, crisp¹

6 letters

crease¹, ruffle², furrow², pucker², cockle², rumple², ruckle², rimple

7 letters

shrivel², crinkle, crumple², scrunch¹

9 letters

corrugate³

11 letters

corrugation

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruffle² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

rider

Español

arrugar

Català

arrugar