Synonyms for beard
bɪərdbeard

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1. beard, face fungus, whiskersnoun

   the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

   Synonyms:
   whiskers, byssus, face fungus

2. beardnoun

   a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

   Synonyms:
   whiskers, byssus, face fungus

3. beardnoun

   a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)

   Synonyms:
   whiskers, byssus, face fungus

4. beardnoun

   hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals

   Synonyms:
   whiskers, byssus, face fungus

5. byssus, beardverb

   tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface

   Synonyms:
   byssus, whiskers, face fungus

6. beardverb

   go along the rim, like a beard around the chin

   "Houses bearded the top of the heights"

Matched Categories

1. • Hair
   • Person
   • Rim

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beardverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, challenge, dare, take or pluck by the beard, oppose to the face

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1. beardnoun

   Synonyms:
   whiskers, goatee, mustache, awn, arista (beard of grain)

2. beardverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, encounter, oppose

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1. List of paraphrases for "beard":

   barbe, lihya, shave, goatee, bearded, stubble, boring

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1. Jeremy Collins:

   He was standing there and I came and stood right next to him, and for some reason turned. In my mind's eye I stripped off the beard, and saw the Foreign Service officer I had seen in Washington, D.C. I just impulsively said, 'You're Brad Bishop, aren't you?' And he began trembling and shaking and said 'Oh God, no' and turned around. I have no doubt it was him.

2. Captain Prado:

   Che Guevara presented a pitiful figure, dirty, smelly and run-down, che Guevara ’d been on the run for months. Che Guevara hair was long, messy and matted, and Che Guevara beard bushy.

3. Staz Nair:

   Imagine a beard. A beard, long hair and a horse, i just want to say thank you for watching. Thank you for being a fan.

4. David Letterman:

   The beard is a good reminder to me that that was a different life, i’m hopeful that I will either find something else, or something else will be presented to me.

5. Don Felder:

   I especially enjoyed some of the old hairstyles, with my hair down to my shoulders and a beard. And Henley's nickname used to be 'Furry Basketball' because he had that fro. It was fun to just look at what was going on in that era and how we presented ourselves on stage.