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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'brush' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket
a dense growth of bushes
Synonyms: copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brush, brushwood, light touch, clash

2. (noun) brush
an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
Synonyms: copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

3. (noun) brush, light touch
momentary contact
Synonyms: copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brush, brushwood, light touch, clash

4. (noun) brush
conducts current between rotating and stationary parts of a generator or motor
Synonyms: copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

5. (noun) brush
a bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox)
Synonyms: copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

6. (noun) brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
a minor short-term fight
Synonyms: brushing, face-off, clangor, brush, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, encounter, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touch

7. (noun) brush, brushing
the act of brushing your teeth
Synonyms: copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brush, brushwood, light touch, clash

8. (noun) brush, brushing
the act of brushing your hair
Synonyms: copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brush, brushwood, light touch, clash

9. (verb) brush
contact with something dangerous or undesirable
Synonyms: copse, coppice, encounter, brushing, thicket, skirmish, brushwood, light touch, clash

10. (verb) brush
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
Synonyms: sweep

11. (verb) brush
touch lightly and briefly
Synonyms: sweep

12. (verb) brush
clean with a brush
Synonyms: sweep

13. (verb) brush, sweep
sweep across or over
Synonyms: span, traverse, sweep, drag, embroil, sail, sweep up, tangle, brush, swing out, swing, cross, drag in, broom

14. (verb) brush
remove with or as if with a brush
Synonyms: sweep

15. (verb) brush
cover by brushing
Synonyms: sweep


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'brush' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. brush
To clean is to make clean by removing dirt, impurities, or soil of any kind. Cleanse implies a worse condition to start from, and more to do, than clean. Hercules cleansed the Augean stables.
Synonyms: cleanse, brush, dust, purify, scour, sponge, wash, clean, lave, rinse, scrub, sweep, wipe, disinfect, mop
Antonyms: befoul, bespatter, debase, deprave, soil, stain, taint, besmear, contaminate, defile, pollute, spoil, sully, vitiate, besmirch, corrupt


'brush' - Nearby Entries  

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