Synonyms of the word

cockscomb

• n. The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
• n. A red cap once worn by court jesters.
• n. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia).
• n. An annual garden plant, Celosia cristata, having showy red clusters of flowers.
• n. (archaic) A conceited dandy.
• n. (nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was…

beau

• n. (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
• n. (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
• n. A male escort.

cap

• n. A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
• n. A special head covering to indicate rank, occupation etc.
• n. An academic mortarboard.
• n. A protective cover or seal.
• n. A crown for covering a tooth.
• n. The summit of a mountain etc.
• n. An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
• n. The top part of a mushroom.
• n. A small amount of gunpowder in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
• n. A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
• n. (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
• n. (soccer) An international appearance.
• n. (obsolete) The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
• n. (obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.
• n. (zoology) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
• n. (architecture) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
• n. Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
• n. (nautical) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and…
• n. (geometry) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
• n. A large size of writing paper.
• v. (transitive) To cover or seal with a cap.
• v. (transitive) To award a cap as a mark of distinction etc.
• v. (transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
• v. (transitive) To surpass or outdo.
• v. (transitive) To set an upper limit on something.
• v. (transitive) To make something even more wonderful at the end.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To select a player to play for a specified side.
• v. (transitive, slang) To shoot (someone) with a firearm.
• v. (transitive, sports) to select to play for the national team.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To uncover the head respectfully.
• v. To deprive of a cap.
• n. (finance) Capitalization.
• n. (informal) An uppercase letter.
• v. (transitive, informal) To convert text to uppercase.
• n. (electronics) capacitor.
• n. (colloquial) A recording or screenshot.
• v. (transitive) To take a screenshot or to record a copy of a video.

clotheshorse

• n. A frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
• n. (by extension) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.

comb

• n. A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
• n. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
• n. A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
• n. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
• n. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
• n. The top part of a gun’s stock.
• n. The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between…
• n. (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
• n. A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
• n. A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
• n. The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
• n. The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
• n. One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
• n. The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
• n. A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
• n. (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread…
• n. (Algebraic Geometry) A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth…
• v. (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.
• v. (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
• v. (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
• v. (nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
• n. (abbreviation) Combination.
• n. Alternative form of combe.

coxcomb

• n. (obsolete) The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
• n. A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
• n. The fleshy red pate of a rooster.

crest

• n. A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the…
• n. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament…
• n. (heraldry): A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics)…
• n. The upper curve of a horse's neck.
• n. The ridge or top of a wave.
• n. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
• n. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
• n. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
• n. The top line of a slope or embankment.
• n. A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
• n. Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
• v. Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
• v. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
• v. To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.

dandy

• adj. Like a dandy, foppish.
• adj. Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
• adj. Excellent; first-rate.
• n. A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
• n. (Britain, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
• n. A dandy roller.

dude

• n. (colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
• n. (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning…
• n. An inexperienced cowboy.
• n. (slang) A tourist.
• n. (archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
• interj. (slang) A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, etc.
• v. To address someone as dude.
• v. To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
• v. (US) Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.

fop

• n. A vain man; a dandy.

gallant

• adj. Brave, valiant.
• adj. Honorable.
• adj. Grand, noble.
• adj. (obsolete) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
• adj. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
• n. (dated) Fashionable young man, who is polite and attentive to women.
• n. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer.
• n. An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
• n. (nautical) topgallant.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To attend or wait on (a lady).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To handle with grace or in a modish manner.

herb

• n. Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
• n. Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
• n. (slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.
• n. (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.
• n. (obsolete) Grass; herbage.

sheik

• n. The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
• n. An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order.
• n. (some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent…
• n. (1920s) A romantic lover. (from the 1921 film The Sheikh).
• n. (slang) An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.
• n. An honorific for specialists in spirituality.

swell

• v. (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
• v. (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
• v. (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
• v. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
• v. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
• v. To protuberate; to bulge out.
• n. The act of swelling.
• n. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
• n. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
• n. (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
• n. (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
• n. (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
• n. A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
• n. (informal, dated) A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.
• n. (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
• adj. (Canada, US, informal, slang) Excellent.