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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How to use peel in a sentence?

1. Police Superintendent McCarthy:

   And if people peel away the onion on what's happening right now in the policing world, you're going to find a police department that's doing an exceptional job.

2. Michael Brecht:

   When they told us that she can peel bananas, we were of course thrilled.

3. Joseph Cedar:

   We tried to peel back the layers of this hate crime.

4. Robert Dawson:

   I am not a librarian, but 18 years of doing this, you peel away things.

5. 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.