Synonyms of the word

buff

• n. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
• n. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
• n. A brownish yellow colour.
• n. A military coat made of buff leather.
• n. (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
• n. (video games, role-playing games) An effect that temporarily makes a character stronger.
• n. (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
• n. The bare skin.
• n. The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
• n. A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
• n. The meat of a buffalo.
• adj. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
• adj. (bodybuilding): Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out).
• adj. (slang) attractive.
• v. To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
• v. (video games, role-playing games) To make a character or an item stronger.
• v. To strike.
• n. (obsolete) A buffet; a blow.

brown

• n. (countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
• n. (snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
• n. (uncountable) Black tar heroin.
• n. (sometimes capitalised, countable) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned…
• adj. Having a brown colour.
• adj. (obsolete) Gloomy.
• adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the…
• v. (intransitive) To become brown.
• v. (cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To tan.
• v. (transitive) To make brown or dusky.
• v. (transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on…
• v. (demography, transitive, intransitive, slang, ethnic slur, usually derogatory, offensive) To turn progressively…

brownness

• n. The characteristic of being brown.

buffer

• n. Someone or something that buffs.
• n. (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
• n. (computing) A portion of memory set aside to store data, often before it is sent to an external device…
• n. (mechanical) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
• n. (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of…
• n. (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
• n. (rail transport) The metal barrier to help prevent trains from running off the end of the track.
• n. An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving…
• n. (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
• n. (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
• n. (figuratively) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
• v. To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
• v. (computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
• v. (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by additing an acid or a base.
• adj. comparative form of buff: more buff.

buffet

• n. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
• n. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
• n. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
• n. A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
• v. (transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) to aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
• v. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
• v. To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
• n. A low stool; a hassock.

burnish

• v. (transitive) To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.
• v. (intransitive) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out;…

caramel

• n. A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize…
• n. A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
• n. A yellow-brown color.
• adj. Of a yellow-brown color.
• v. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.

chromatic

• adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
• adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
• adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…

cutis

• n. (anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.

devotee

• n. An ardent enthusiast or admirer.
• n. A fanatical or zealous believer in a particular religion or god.
• n. (slang) Someone with an amputee fetish.

fan

• n. A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one…
• n. An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
• n. Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
• n. An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is…
• n. A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the…
• n. (mathematics) A section of a tree having a finite number of branches.
• v. (transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
• v. (transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
• v. (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape…
• v. a maneuver done by flicking the top rear of an old style gun.
• n. An admirer or aficionado, especially of a sport or performer; someone who is fond of something or someone.

flush

• n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
• v. (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
• v. (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
• adj. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
• adj. Wealthy or well off.
• adj. (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
• adj. Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
• adj. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
• n. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
• n. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
• n. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind;…
• n. Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
• n. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
• v. (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
• v. (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
• v. (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or…
• v. (transitive) To cause to blush.
• v. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
• v. (transitive) To excite, inflame.
• v. (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
• v. (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
• v. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
• v. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
• v. (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
• v. (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient,…
• v. (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which,…
• n. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

follower

• n. (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
• n. Something that comes after another thing.
• n. One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
• n. One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
• n. An imitator, who follows another's example.
• n. A pursuer.
• n. A person or an account holding entity who's following someone or something (such as a company, a government…
• n. A machine part receiving motion from another.
• n. A man courting a maidservant.
• n. Young cattle.
• n. A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
• n. (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually…
• n. (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.

furbish

• v. To polish or burnish.
• v. To renovate or recondition.

hit

• v. (heading, physical) To strike.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
• v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
• v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
• v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
• v. (heading, games) To make a play.
• v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
• n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
• n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
• n. An attack on a location, person or people.
• n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
• n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
• n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
• n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
• n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
• n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
• n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
• n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
• adj. Designating of a popular song.
• pron. (dialectal) It.

implement

• n. A tool or instrument for working with.
• v. to bring about; to put into practice.
• v. to carry out; to do.

leather

• n. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
• n. A piece of the above used for polishing.
• n. (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
• n. (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
• n. (baseball) A good defensive play.
• n. (dated, humorous) The skin.
• adj. Made of leather.
• adj. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially…
• v. To cover with leather.
• v. To strike forcefully.
• v. To beat with a leather belt or strap.

lover

• n. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend,…
• n. A sexual partner.
• n. A person who loves something.
• n. (West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.

polish

• n. A substance used to polish.
• n. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
• n. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
• v. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
• v. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
• v. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
• v. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
• v. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

shine

• v. (intransitive) To emit light.
• v. (intransitive) To reflect light.
• v. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
• v. (intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
• v. (intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
• v. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
• v. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
• v. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
• v. (US, transitive) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
• n. Brightness from a source of light.
• n. Brightness from reflected light.
• n. Excellence in quality or appearance.
• n. Shoeshine.
• n. Sunshine.
• n. (slang) Moonshine.
• n. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
• n. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
• n. (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
• v. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

skin

• n. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
• n. (uncountable) The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
• n. (countable) The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
• n. (countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
• n. (countable, computing) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical…
• n. (countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
• n. (countable, slang) Clipping of skinhead.
• n. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to…
• n. (countable, video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in…
• n. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
• n. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
• n. (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
• n. (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom…
• v. (transitive) To injure the skin of.
• v. (transitive) To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
• v. (colloquial) To high five.
• v. (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
• v. (Britain, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.
• v. (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
• v. (transitive) To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
• v. (US, slang, archaic) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own,…
• v. (slang, dated) To strip of money or property; to cheat.

smooth

• adj. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
• adj. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
• adj. Bland; glib.
• adj. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
• adj. (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.
• adj. (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
• adj. (of a motion) Unbroken.
• adj. (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
• adj. (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
• adj. (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
• adj. (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
• adj. (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s…
• adj. (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
• adj. (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
• adj. (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
• adv. Smoothly.
• n. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
• n. A smoothing action.
• n. A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
• n. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
• n. (statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
• v. To make smooth or even.
• v. To make straightforward.
• v. (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving…

smoothen

• v. To make smooth.
• v. To become smooth.

tegument

• n. Something which covers; a covering or coating.
• n. (anatomy, obsolete) A natural covering of the body or of a bodily organ; an integument.