Synonyms for Scotch
skɒtʃscotch

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1. Scotchnoun

   Synonyms:
   Scottish, Scots

2. scotchverb

   To cut or score.

   The Scotch are a hardy bunch.

   Synonyms:
   Scottish, Scot, Scots, Scots English

3. scotchverb

   To prevent (something) from being successful.

   The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.

   Synonyms:
   put the kibosh on, thwart, foil, Scotch whisky, Scotch Game, Scotch whiskey, malt whiskey, malt, malt whisky

4. Scotchnoun

   Whisky of Scottish origin.

   Gimme a Scotch.

   Synonyms:
   block, chock

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. score, scotchnoun

   a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

   Synonyms:
   account, sexual conquest, score, grade, malt whisky, grievance, musical score, malt whiskey, grudge, mark, scotch

   Antonyms:
   wasteful

2. Scotch, Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whiskyadjective

   whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

   Synonyms:
   score, malt whisky, malt whiskey

   Antonyms:
   wasteful

3. Scots, Scottish, Scotchadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language

   "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"

   Synonyms:
   stinting, sparing, frugal, economical

   Antonyms:
   wasteful

4. economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stintingverb

   avoiding waste

   "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

   Synonyms:
   stinting, economic, sparing, scotch, frugal, economical

   Antonyms:
   wasteful

5. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilkverb

   hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

   "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

   Synonyms:
   vitiate, mar, sweep, dumbfound, plunder, foil, scupper, mystify, cut through, pamper, flub, span, dun, rape, crucify, baby, regulate, bedevil, itch, screw up, ball up, indulge, interbreed, stick, cut across, corrupt, elude, get over, deflower, spoil, puzzle, gravel, violate, beat, mollycoddle, bungle, intersect, bollocks up, fumble, evade, rag, blow, bollix, torment, amaze, bewilder, coddle, cosset, frustrate, peril, scotch, featherbed, crossbreed, cross, get, louse up, perplex, botch up, bodge, traverse, bobble, baffle, muff, bollocks, pass over, pose, fluff, vex, mishandle, endanger, foul up, stupefy, flummox, track, hybridize, cover, despoil, muck up, bumble, mess up, impair, bollix up, botch, thwart, bilk, get across, expose, go bad, hybridise, cocker, nonplus

   Antonyms:
   wasteful

6. scotchverb

   make a small cut or score into

   Synonyms:
   cross, spoil, bilk, baffle, foil, thwart, frustrate

   Antonyms:
   wasteful

Matched Categories

1. • Incision
   • Prevent
   • Score

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scotchverb

   Synonyms:
   cut (slightly), wound (superficially)

2. scotchverb

   Synonyms:
   stop (as a wheel to prevent it from rolling back), block

3. scotchadjective

   Synonyms:
   scottish

4. scotchadjective

   Synonyms:
   unhurt, uninjured, clear, safe

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scotchnoun

   Synonyms:
   gaelic

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1. List of paraphrases for "scotch":

   whiskey, whisky, scottish, tape, malt, scots, whiskies

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How to use Scotch in a sentence?

1. Firesign Theatre:

   Get me outta these ropes and into a good belt of Scotch.

2. Paul. F. Meekin:

   It does not do well to make ice but forget the scotch.

3. Chief Executive Ivan Menezes:

   We think it's very important for this country and for Scotch whisky.

4. Prime Minister David Cameron:

   I don't see us doing that, the thing about Scotch whisky is we're going to be in Scotland come what may.

5. Ben Affleck:

   I was like' I can't leave'cause of my kids, but I'm not happy, what do I do ?' what I did was drink a bottle of scotch and fall asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the solution.