Synonyms for fleece
flisfleece

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fleece

   Synonyms:
   strip, despoil, shear

   Antonyms:
   invest, endow, endue

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. fleecenoun

   the wool of a sheep or similar animal

   Synonyms:
   sheepskin, wool

2. sheepskin, fleecenoun

   tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

   Synonyms:
   lambskin, wool, sheepskin, diploma, parchment

3. fleecenoun

   a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

   Synonyms:
   sheepskin, wool

4. wool, fleeceverb

   outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

   Synonyms:
   woollen, sheepskin, wool, woolen

5. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

   Synonyms:
   crochet, pride, hook, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, plume, pluck, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, intoxicate

6. fleece, shearverb

   shear the wool from

   "shear sheep"

   Synonyms:
   hook, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, shear, plume, pluck, soak, rob

Matched Categories

1. • Cheat
   • Fabric
   • Shave
   • Wool

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1. lambswool

   applies to lambswool too.

   the fleece was shorn from the lamb.

   Submitted by rinat on August 12, 2019  

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1. fleeceverb

   Synonyms:
   clip, shear

2. fleeceverb

   Synonyms:
   strip, rob, plunder, despoil, rifle, steal from

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1. fleeceverb

   Synonyms:
   plunder, swindle, despoil, strip

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1. List of paraphrases for "fleece":

   wool

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How to use fleece in a sentence?

1. Lisa Smoczynski:

   I've got Under Armour, lined pants, fleece-lined jeans — let's see, one, two, three, four, five layers. Insulated gloves, insulated boots, the heaviest socks available. Under Armour hat. All the joys of life.

2. Lisa Smoczynski:

   It's challenging, i've got Under Armour, lined pants, fleece-lined jeans — let's see, one, two, three, four, five layers. Insulated gloves, insulated boots, the heaviest socks available. Under Armour hat. All the joys of life.

3. Kevin Taylor:

   I got a sleeping bag sized tent that protects me from wind and snow. I got a zero degree sleeping bag and fleece blankets, i was born and raised in New England. I'm used to this. It'll start breaking tomorrow.

4. Joachim Du Bellay, Sonnet de Regrets:

   Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!

5. Richard Baxter:

   He is not drowning His sheep when He washeth them, nor killing them when He is shearing them. But by this He showeth that they are His own and the newshorn sheep do most visibly bear His name or mark, when it is almost worn out and scarce discernible on them that have the longest fleece.