Synonyms of the word

pouf

• n. (historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
• n. A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
• n. (dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
• n. A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
• n. A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
• n. A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel,…
• n. (dated) A small saddle cushion worn atop the buttocks (as a fashion trend – similar to a bustle).
• n. Alternative form of puff.
• n. Alternative form of poof.
• v. (transitive) To make poufy or bouffant.
• interj. Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.

fag

• n. (US, technical) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, colloquial, dated in US and Canada) A cigarette.
• n. (Britain, obsolete, colloquial) The worst part or end of a thing.
• n. (Britain, colloquial) A chore; an arduous and tiresome task.
• n. (Britain, education, archaic, colloquial) In many British boarding schools, a younger student acting as…
• v. (transitive, colloquial, used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To droop; to tire.
• v. (Britain, education, archaic, colloquial) For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students…
• v. (Britain, archaic) To work hard, especially on menial chores.
• n. (vulgar, offensive) A homosexual man.
• n. (US, vulgar, offensive) An annoying person.

faggot

• n. (offensive, vulgar, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.
• n. (offensive, vulgar) An annoying or inconsiderate person.
• n. (rare, dated in US) A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
• n. (chiefly Britain, collective) A bundle of sticks tied together. (Some sources specify that a faggot is…
• n. (obsolete) Burdensome baggage.
• n. (Britain, Ireland, colloquial, pejorative, obsolete) A shrewish woman.
• n. (chiefly Britain) A meatball made from pork, see.
• n. (Britain, historical) A faggot voter.
• v. Alternative form of fagot.

fagot

• n. Alternative form of faggot (bundle of sticks).
• n. Alternative form of faggot (shrivelled old woman).
• n. Alternative form of faggot (a gay person, particularly a man).
• n. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering…
• n. (music, obsolete) A fagotto, or bassoon.
• n. (Britain, obsolete) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.
• v. (transitive) To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.

fairy

• n. (uncountable, obsolete) The realm of faerie; enchantment, illusion.
• n. A mythical being with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in…
• n. (Northern England, US, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
• n. Two species of hummingbird in the genus Heliothryx.

hassock

• n. A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
• n. A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.
• n. A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.

nance

• n. (slang) A male homosexual.
• v. (uncommon, slang) To move in a prissy or stereotypically gay way.

ottoman

• n. An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen, etc.
• n. A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
• n. A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture.

pansy

• n. A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.
• n. A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
• n. (derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
• n. (derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
• adj. Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
• adj. Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.

poof

• interj. Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, colloquial) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
• n. The product of flatulence, or the sound of breaking wind.
• v. To vanish or disappear.
• v. To break wind; to fart.

poove

• n. (slang) A male homosexual.

pouffe

• n. Alternative form of pouf.
• v. Alternative form of pouf.

puff

• n. (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
• n. (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
• n. (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
• n. (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality.
• n. (dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up…
• n. A puffball.
• n. A powder puff.
• n. (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
• n. (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
• n. (derogatory, slang, Britain, particularly northern UK) a homosexual; a poof.
• n. (slang, dated, Britain) Life.
• v. (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
• v. (intransitive) To pant.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To advertise.
• v. To blow as an expression of scorn.
• v. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
• v. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
• v. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
• v. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
• v. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
• v. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
• v. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

queen

• n. A female monarch. Example: Queen Victoria.
• n. The wife or widow of a king.
• n. (chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
• n. (card games) A playing card with the letter "Q" and the image of a queen on it, the twelfth card in a…
• n. A powerful or forceful female person.
• n. (LGBT, slang, often derogatory) An effeminate male homosexual. (Compare drag queen and street queen. See…
• n. A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
• n. An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.
• n. A queen olive.
• n. A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp.).
• v. To make a queen.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it.
• v. (chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.
• v. (BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.

queer

• adj. (now slightly dated) Weird, odd or different; whimsical.
• adj. (slightly dated) Slightly unwell (mainly in to feel queer).
• adj. (colloquial) Homosexual.
• adj. (colloquial) Not heterosexual: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc.
• adj. (broadly) Pertaining to sexual behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual…
• n. (colloquial) A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.
• n. (colloquial) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.
• n. (colloquial, vulgar, derogatory) General term of abuse, casting aspersions on target's sexuality; compare…
• n. (definite, with "the", informal, archaic) Counterfeit money.
• v. (transitive) To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.
• v. (Britain, dialect, dated) To puzzle.
• v. (slang, dated) To ridicule; to banter; to rally.
• v. (slang, dated) To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.
• v. (social sciences) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender,…
• adv. Queerly.

seat

• n. Something to be sat upon.
• n. A location or site.
• n. The starting point of a fire.
• n. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
• v. (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
• v. (transitive) To provide with places to sit.
• v. (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
• v. (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one…
• v. (transitive) To assign the seats of.
• v. (transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To rest; to lie down.
• v. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
• v. To put a seat or bottom in.