Synonyms for skirt
skɜrtskirt

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skirt

   Synonyms:
   border, trim, confine, bound, surround, encircle

   Antonyms:
   penetrate, enter, interpenetrate

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1. skirtnoun

   cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

   Synonyms:
   doll, wench, annulus, dame, bird, chick

2. skirtnoun

   a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

   Synonyms:
   doll, wench, annulus, dame, bird, chick

3. annulus, skirtnoun

   (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

   Synonyms:
   doughnut, halo, bird, doll, chick, annulus, ring, anchor ring, dame, wench

4. dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, birdverb

   informal terms for a (young) woman

   Synonyms:
   gentlewoman, shuttlecock, fowl, wench, bird, razzing, lady, birdie, madam, dame, snort, chick, hiss, razz, boo, hoot, raspberry, annulus, biddy, ma'am, doll, dolly, shuttle

5. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

   Synonyms:
   put over, circumvent, set back, dip, turn off, confuse, sidestep, cook, douse, overreach, beat, surround, dishearten, hold over, hem in, environ, defer, outfox, deflect, parry, dodge, remit, fake, duck, border, flurry, prorogue, block, outsmart, hedge, manipulate, put off, evade, falsify, table, misrepresent, postpone, hedge in, shelve, beleaguer, elude, disconcert, ring, wangle, escape, fudge, outwit, besiege, bilk

6. skirtverb

   pass around or about; move along the border

   "The boat skirted the coast"

   Synonyms:
   parry, circumvent, evade, hedge, elude, surround, fudge, ring, put off, border, sidestep, duck, dodge, environ

7. skirtverb

   form the edge of

   Synonyms:
   parry, circumvent, evade, hedge, elude, surround, fudge, ring, put off, border, sidestep, duck, dodge, environ

8. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   "The forest surrounds my property"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, surround, phone, peal, abut, environ, besiege, edge, wall, call up, parry, fence in, duck, call, knell, fence, hedge, border, resound, put off, reverberate, smother, bound, beleaguer, hem in, frame in, march, ring, fudge, palisade, telephone, dodge

Matched Categories

1. • Fungi
   • Avoid
   • Border
   • Cloth Covering
   • Garment
   • Pass
   • Plant Part
   • Touch

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   flap, loose part (of a garment below the waist)

2. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   petticoat

3. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   edge, border, margin, verge, rim, extreme part

4. skirtverb

   Synonyms:
   border, form the border or edge of

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1. skirtnoun

   Synonyms:
   petticoat (underskirt), kilt, fustanella, kirtle, margin, border, edge, rim

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1. List of paraphrases for "skirt":

   bib, skirts, petticoat, diaphragm, hem, dress, d.

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How to use skirt in a sentence?

1. John Sanford:

   Sometimes he’d have on hot pants, a mini-skirt and six-inch stilettos.

2. Lady Gaga:

   That's why that album was successful, because I was able to write some music that wasn't made while I had the fear of God in me, pulling my skirt down in a studio because men were shoving their hands up my dress.

3. Chloe Melas:

   But there was one time that she felt truly crossed a line, that was when Morgan Freeman asked her not to pull down her skirt as she stood up to leave the interview.

4. John Aristizabal:

   People laugh and ask why I'm wearing a skirt, it's all for the kids, to catch a smile.

5. Ali Vaez:

   Some Iranian leaders believe that in case of failure, they can count on their neighbors to skirt the sanctions and bank on big power rivalries to undercut the restrictions, but this strategy's success is far from certain, likewise, Russia and China have repeatedly sided with the West in isolating Iran. Similarly doubtful is how much more the economy could recover without meaningful sanctions relief, amidst plummeting oil prices.