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Synonyms for hair
hɛərha·ir

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. hairnoun

    a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

    "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"

    Synonyms:
    fuzz, haircloth, tomentum, pilus, hairsbreadth, hair's-breadth, whisker

  2. hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whiskernoun

    a very small distance or space

    "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"

    Synonyms:
    hairsbreadth, hair's-breadth, vibrissa, fuzz, haircloth, sensory hair, tomentum, whisker, pilus

  3. hair, fuzz, tomentumnoun

    filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

    "peach fuzz"

    Synonyms:
    hairsbreadth, copper, hair's-breadth, bull, blur, fuzz, haircloth, pig, tomentum cerebri, tomentum, whisker, pilus, cop

  4. hair, pilusnoun

    any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

    "there is a hair in my soup"

    Synonyms:
    hairsbreadth, hair's-breadth, fuzz, haircloth, tomentum, whisker, pilus

  5. haircloth, hairnoun

    cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

    Synonyms:
    hairsbreadth, hair's-breadth, fuzz, haircloth, tomentum, whisker, pilus

  6. hairnoun

    a filamentous projection or process on an organism

    Synonyms:
    fuzz, haircloth, tomentum, pilus, hairsbreadth, hair's-breadth, whisker

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. locks

    as in locks of hair

    she brushed her long, curly locks.

    Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  
  2. pilar

    of or relating to the hair

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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How to use hair in a sentence?

  1. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia:

    Today we have been rehearsing an English play. Tomorrow is Sunday and we shall perform it. I've played male roles sometimes it's very easy now since I have short hair.

  2. Angela Lynch:

    Because I had just had a kid I wrote off all my symptoms as hormonal, my body trying to adjust, after two years I started losing hair. Then I started losing teeth, and over time it got to where my whole body was hurting.

  3. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

    It is amusing seeing the media elite in New York and D.C. run around with their hair on fire wondering, 'What on earth are New York values?' i'll tell you and the rest of the country, people understand exactly what that is. In South Carolina when I was there, the people there certainly understand it.

  4. Suki Waterhouse:

    I ’m growing all my leg hair out, i really don’t mind it, I’ve done it lazily before. This is an opportunity to grow my chin hair out.

  5. Leonardo DiCaprio:

    So I came in the next day and Jack’s hair was all over the place, jack Nicholson was muttering to Jack Nicholson and the prop guy tipped me off that Jack Nicholson had a fire extinguisher, a bottle of whisky, some matches and a handgun somewhere. So I sat down at the table not knowing what to expect, and Jack Nicholson set the table on fire after pouring whisky all over the place and stuck a gun in my face.


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