Synonyms for fabric
ˈfæb rɪkfab·ric

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. fabric

   Synonyms:
   work, construction, edifice, tissue, structure, web, texture

   Antonyms:
   destruction, dismantlement, demolition, fragment, wreck, tatters, ruin, rags, shreds

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 4 votes

1. fabric, cloth, material, textilenoun

   artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

   "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

   Synonyms:
   framework, textile, stuff, cloth, material

2. framework, fabricnoun

   the underlying structure

   "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society"

   Synonyms:
   material, framework, theoretical account, textile, cloth, model

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Structure

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. fabricnoun

   Synonyms:
   building, structure, edifice, pile

2. fabricnoun

   Synonyms:
   texture, conformation, make, workmanship

3. fabricnoun

   Synonyms:
   manufactured cloth

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "fabric":

   tissue, cloth, fabrics, structure, tissues, flexfield, weft, frame, textile, framing, texture, woven, webbing

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1. Leo Tolstoy:

   I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conlusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleages, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.

2. Dante Alighieri:

   Through me you pass into the city of woeThrough me you pass into eternal painThrough me among the people lost for aye.Justice the founder of my fabric movedTo rear me was the task of power divine,Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.Before me things create were none, save thingsEternal, and eternal I shall endure.All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

3. Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley:

   But more importantly, they were husbands, they were fathers and they were friends, they were part of the fabric of our company and our community and we will miss them terribly.

4. Susan Rice:

   What has happened over the last several weeks by virtue of the invitation that was issued by the speaker and the acceptance of it by Prime Minister Netanyahu two weeks in advance of his election is that on both sides there has now been injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate, I think ... it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship.

5. Jocelyn Charnas:

   I'll be very sad if it closes, mostly because I like to shop in person, I like to feel and touch fabric, and I think fit is so important, online shopping really doesn't do it for me.