Synonyms for dust
dʌstdust

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1. dust

   Body denotes the entire physical structure, considered as a whole, of man or animal; form looks upon it as a thing of shape and outline, perhaps of beauty; frame regards it as supported by its bony framework; system views it as an assemblage of many related and harmonious organs. Body, form, frame, and system may be either dead or living; clay and dust are sometimes so used in religious or poetic style, tho ordinarily these words are used only of the dead. Corpse and remains are used only of the dead. Corpse is the plain technical word for a dead body still retaining its unity; remains may be used after any lapse of time; the latter is also the more refined and less ghastly term; as, friends are invited to view the remains. Carcass applies only to the body of an animal, or of a human being regarded with contempt and loathing. Compare COMPANY.

   Synonyms:
   ashes, body, carcass, clay, corpse, form, frame, remains, system, trunk

   Antonyms:
   intellect, intelligence, mind, soul, spirit

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1. dustnoun

   fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

   "the furniture was covered with dust"

   Synonyms:
   detritus, rubble, debris, junk

2. debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritusnoun

   the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

   Synonyms:
   detritus, rubble, debris, junk

3. dustverb

   free microscopic particles of solid material

   "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

   Synonyms:
   detritus, rubble, debris, junk

4. dustverb

   remove the dust from

   "dust the cabinets"

   Synonyms:
   scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

5. dustverb

   rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

   "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"

   Synonyms:
   scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

6. dustverb

   cover with a light dusting of a substance

   "dust the bread with flour"

   Synonyms:
   scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

7. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb

   distribute loosely

   "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

   Synonyms:
   circularise, dissipate, spit, pass around, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, diffuse, broadcast, disseminate, constellate, sparge, propagate, scatter, pitter-patter, splosh, circularize, break up, patter, spatter, dispel, circulate, disperse, stud, splash, distribute, besprinkle

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1. • Clean
   • Particulate Matter
   • Smudge

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1. dustnoun

   Synonyms:
   powder, detritus, stive (in flour mills)

   Associated words:
   pulverizable, pulverable, pulverulence, pulverize, pulverization

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "dust":

   powder, dirt, dusty, speck, mah, ash, stardust, sandstorm, boot, smudge

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1. List of known nicknames for "DUST":

   DJ Dust

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1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

   Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dreamFor the soul is dead that slumbers,and things are not what they seem.Life is real Life is earnestAnd the grave is not its goalDust thou art to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul.

2. Alexis DeTocqueville:

   This Rock has become an object of veneration in the United States. I have seen bits of it carefully preserved in several towns in the Union. Does this sufficiently show that all human power and greatness is in the soul of man? Here is a stone which the feet of a few outcasts pressed for an instant; and the stone becomes famous; it is treasured by a great nation; its very dust is shared as a relic.

3. Pablo Picasso:

   Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

4. Theodore Roosevelt:

   The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

5. Kenneth Broux:

   High beta currencies are having a fairly decent day and week so far as the dust settles from the Fed a week ago.