Synonyms of the word

lather

• n. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
• n. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
• n. A state of agitation.
• v. (transitive) To cover with lather.
• v. (transitive) To beat or whip.
• v. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.

agitation

• n. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with…
• n. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical…
• n. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
• n. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest…

beat

• n. A stroke; a blow.
• n. A pulsation or throb.
• n. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is…
• n. A rhythm.
• n. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency.
• n. A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
• n. The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
• n. (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially.
• n. (dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
• n. (colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
• n. (dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
• n. (archaic) A low cheat or swindler.
• n. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
• n. (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those…
• n. (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
• v. (transitive) To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike.
• v. (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
• v. (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
• v. (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
• v. (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a…
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
• v. (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc…
• v. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
• v. (transitive, Britain, In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price.
• v. (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
• v. To tread, as a path.
• v. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
• v. To be in agitation or doubt.
• v. To make a sound when struck.
• v. (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
• v. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating…
• v. (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
• adj. (US slang) exhausted.
• adj. dilapidated, beat up.
• adj. (gay slang) fabulous.
• adj. (slang) boring.
• adj. (slang, of a person) ugly.
• n. A beatnik.

clean

• adj. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
• adj. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
• adj. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
• adj. (obsolete) Total; utter.
• adj. (informal) Cool or neat.
• adj. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
• adj. That does not damage the environment.
• adj. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
• adj. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
• adj. Well-proportioned; shapely.
• adj. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
• n. Removal of dirt.
• n. (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground…
• v. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
• v. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
• v. (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
• v. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
• v. (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure…
• v. (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting…
• v. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
• adv. Fully and completely.

cleanse

• v. (transitive) To free from dirt; to clean, purify.
• v. (transitive) To spiritually purify; to free from sin or guilt; to purge.
• n. An act of cleansing; a purification.

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

effervesce

• v. (intransitive, of a liquid) to emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
• v. (intransitive, of a gas) to escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles.
• v. (intransitive, of a person) to show high spirits.

fizz

• n. An emission of a rapid stream of bubbles.
• n. The sound of such an emission.
• n. A carbonated beverage.
• v. (intransitive) To emit bubbles.
• v. (intransitive) To make a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.
• v. (intransitive) To shoot or project something moving at great velocity.
• v. To travel at a great velocity, producing a sound caused by the speed.

flog

• v. (transitive) To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
• v. (transitive) To use something to extreme; to abuse.
• v. (transitive, Britain) To sell something.
• v. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To steal something.
• v. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand) To defeat easily or convincingly.
• v. (transitive, agriculture) To exploit.
• n. (Internet slang) A weblog designed to look authentic, but actually developed as part of a commercial marketing…

foam

• n. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.
• n. a manufactured substance, e.g. polystyrene foam. See also derived terms.
• n. (by extension) Sea foam; (figuratively) the sea.
• v. (intransitive) To form or emit foam.
• v. (intransitive) To spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth.

fret

• v. (transitive, obsolete/poetic) To devour, consume; eat.
• v. (transitive and intransitive) To gnaw, consume, eat away.
• v. (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
• v. (transitive) To cut through with fretsaw, create fretwork.
• v. (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
• v. (intransitive) To worry or be anxious.
• v. To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
• v. To make rough, agitate, or disturb; to cause to ripple.
• v. To be agitated; to be in violent commotion; to rankle.
• v. (music) To press down the string behind a fret.
• n. The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
• n. Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
• n. Herpes; tetter.
• n. (mining, in the plural) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate…
• n. (music) One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument…
• n. An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief).
• n. (heraldry) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
• v. To ornament with raised work; tovariegate; to diversify.
• n. A strait; channel.
• n. (Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea or coming inland from the sea.

froth

• n. foam.
• n. (figuratively) unimportant events or actions; drivel.
• v. (transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).
• v. (intransitive) (of a liquid) To bubble.
• v. (transitive) To spit, vent, or eject, as froth.
• v. (intransitive) (literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.
• v. (transitive) To cover with froth.

lash

• n. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
• n. (obsolete) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
• n. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
• n. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
• n. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
• n. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
• n. In British English, it refers to heavy drinking with friends, (i.e. We were out on the lash last night).
• v. (transitive) To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
• v. (transitive) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like…
• v. (transitive) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
• v. (transitive) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
• v. (intransitive) To ply the whip; to strike.
• v. (intransitive) To utter censure or sarcastic language.
• v. (intransitive, of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down.
• v. (transitive) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
• adj. (obsolete) Remiss, lax.
• adj. (obsolete) Relaxed.
• adj. Soft, watery, wet.
• adj. (Ulster) excellent, wonderful.
• adj. Drunk.

slash

• n. A slashing action or motion, particularly.
• n. A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly.
• n. Something resembling such a mark, particularly.
• n. (US and Canada) The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left…
• n. Clipping of slash fiction: fan fiction focused upon shipping characters.
• v. To cut or attempt to cut, particularly.
• v. To strike violently and randomly, particularly.
• v. To move quickly and violently.
• v. To crack a whip with a slashing motion.
• v. (US and Canada) To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires…
• v. (intransitive, fandom slang) To write slash fiction.
• adv. Used to note the sound or action of a slash.
• conj. (US and Canada) Used to connect two or more identities in a list.
• conj. (US and Canada) Used to list alternatives.
• n. (obsolete, rare) A drink of something; a draft.
• n. (Britain, slang) A piss: an act of urination.
• v. (Britain, slang, intransitive) To piss, to urinate.
• n. (US) A swampy area; a swamp.
• n. (Britain) Alternative form of slatch: a deep trough of finely-fractured culm or a circular or elliptical…

soap

• n. (uncountable) a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of…
• n. (chemistry) a metallic salt derived from a fatty acid.
• n. a flattery or excessively complacent conversation.
• n. (slang) money, specially when used for bribing purposes.
• n. (countable, informal) Clipping of soap opera.
• n. (countable, informal) Clipping of soaper.
• v. (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.
• v. (transitive, informal) To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.
• v. (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).
• v. (slang, dated) To flatter; to wheedle.

soapsuds

• n. Lather, suds, foam produced by soap in water.

sparkle

• n. A little spark; a scintillation.
• n. Brilliance; luster.
• v. (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles.
• v. (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle.
• v. (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
• v. (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce.
• v. (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To disperse.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To scatter on or over.

stew

• n. (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
• n. (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
• n. (archaic) A brothel.
• n. (obsolete) A prostitute.
• n. (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing.
• n. (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.
• n. (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
• n. (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
• v. (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
• v. (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
• n. A steward or stewardess on an airplane.

strap

• n. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
• n. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
• n. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular…
• n. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge…
• n. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
• n. (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
• n. (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
• n. A shoulder strap, see under shoulder.
• n. (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
• v. (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
• v. (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
• v. (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop.

suds

• n. lather, foam.
• n. (slang) beer.

sweat

• n. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature…
• n. (Britain, slang, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
• n. (historical) The sweating sickness.
• n. Moisture issuing from any substance.
• n. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
• v. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
• v. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
• v. (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To worry.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To worry about (something).
• v. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
• v. (intransitive) To emit moisture.
• v. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
• v. (transitive, slang) To stress out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To cook slowly in shallow oil without browning.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that…

swither

• v. (Scots and dialects) To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither.

trounce

• v. (transitive) to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily.
• v. (transitive) to punish.
• v. (transitive) to beat severely; thrash.

welt

• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To roll; revolve.
• n. A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
• n. (shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through…
• n. A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
• n. In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
• n. In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
• n. In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
• n. (heraldry) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
• v. To cause to have welts, to beat.
• v. To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.

whip

• n. A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided…
• n. (hunting) A whipper-in.
• n. (politics) A member of a political party who is in charge of enforcing the party's policies in votes.
• n. (Britain, politics, with definite article) A document distributed weekly to MPs by party whips informing…
• n. Whipped cream.
• n. (nautical) A purchase in which one block is used to gain a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
• n. (African American Vernacular) A mode of personal motorized transportation; an automobile, all makes and…
• n. (roller derby) A move in which one player transfers momentum to another.
• n. A whipping motion; a thrashing about.
• n. The quality of being whiplike or flexible; suppleness, as of the shaft of a golf club.
• n. Any of various pieces that operate with a quick vibratory motion.
• n. (Should we delete^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for deletion?? +])} this sense?) (informal, slang) Car;…
• v. (transitive) To hit with a whip.
• v. (transitive) By extension, to hit with any flexible object.
• v. (transitive, slang) To defeat, as in a contest or game.
• v. (transitive) To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
• v. (transitive) To urge into action.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying:…
• v. (transitive, nautical) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
• v. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and…
• v. (transitive) To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
• v. (transitive) To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
• v. (intransitive) To snap back and forth like a whip.
• v. (intransitive) To move very fast.
• v. (transitive) To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
• v. (transitive, roller derby) To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
• v. (figuratively) To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
• v. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.

workingman

• n. A man who works in exchange for payment, especially one that does manual labour.

workman

• n. A man who labours for wages.
• n. An artisan or craftsman.