Synonyms for peel
pilpeel

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1. Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peelnoun

   British politician (1788-1850)

   Synonyms:
   skin

2. peel, skinverb

   the rind of a fruit or vegetable

   Synonyms:
   pelt, cutis, hide, tegument, skin

3. skin, peel, pareverb

   strip the skin off

   "pare apples"

   Synonyms:
   undress, flake off, scramble, pare down, shin, flake, struggle, unclothe, bark, peel off, sputter, pare, trim, uncase, whittle, strip down, disrobe, strip, scrape, skin, discase, clamber, shinny

4. peel off, peel, flake off, flakeverb

   come off in flakes or thin small pieces

   "The paint in my house is peeling off"

   Synonyms:
   flake, undress, unclothe, flake off, disrobe, desquamate, discase, strip, peel off, uncase, pare, skin, strip down

5. undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peelverb

   get undressed

   "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

   Synonyms:
   strip down, flake off, clean, discase, leach, foray, divest, pillage, dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, peel off, reave, rifle, pare, denude, uncase, skin, disrobe, flake, ransack, loot, deprive, plunder, despoil, bare, denudate, disinvest

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1. peelverb

   Synonyms:
   pare (by stripping or pulling), hull, shell

2. peelverb

   Synonyms:
   exfoliate, come off (as skin or rind), peel off, shell off

3. peelnoun

   Synonyms:
   rind, skin

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1. peelnoun

   Synonyms:
   rind, skin

   Antonyms:
   pulp

2. peelverb

   Synonyms:
   pare, decorticate

   Antonyms:
   pulp

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1. List of paraphrases for "peel":

   bark, dept, skin

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1. Danny DeVito:

   You have to give people permission to laugh. That's why they would always cut to the banana peel in the Laurel and Hardy movies.

2. Jay Hauck:

   Pro-ban supports would like to make it cut and dry, but it’s a very complicated issue, it’s an onion, and you can have to peel away the layers.

3. Neena Chaudhry:

   When we sort of peel back the layers a bit, the fact that these women are still playing on artificial turf or did for this World Cup ... and the fact that the prize money is just a fraction of what the men get, I think that is indicative of unfortunately the second-class status that girls and women's sports still face.

4. Andrew Feldman:

   At some point, the two liberal lions in this race are going to have to figure out how to peel off the other's supporters.

5. Jay Hauck:

   Pro-ban supports would like to make it cut and dry, but it’s a very complicated issue, it’s an onion, and you have to peel away the layers.