Synonyms for "exfoliate" (28 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

arrange in layersbreachbreakburstbustcheck

Strong matches (8)

chipcrackdelaminatedesquamatefissureflakeflake off

Verb(1 words)

defoliate

Related words (14)

fracturelaminatelay downlay uplayerpeelrupturescalescale offsnapsplitstratify

Verb(2 words)

unleafunleave

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

19 entries

break awaybreak offcastcast offchipchip offcome offdropgrowopenpeel offshake offshedspreadspread outthrow

Showing 16 of 19 words.

derived

11 entries

exfoliableexfoliantexfoliatinexfoliatingexfoliationexfoliativeexfoliatorfoliatefoliationoverexfoliateunexfoliated

etymologically related_to

1 entries

effoliate

has context

1 entries

mineralogy

manner of

5 entries

chipgrowpeel offshedunfold

related to

6 entries

cosmeticlayerleavesplantremoveskin

Translations

15 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries

• ексфолирам verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)
• лющя verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)
• обезлиствам verb (to remove the leaves of a plant)

Catalan

1 entries

• exfoliar verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 去角質 /去角质 verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)

Dutch

2 entries

• exfoliëren verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)
• ontbladeren verb (to remove the leaves of a plant)

French

1 entries

• exfolier verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)

Galician

1 entries

• esfollar verb (to remove the leaves of a plant)

German

1 entries

• entblättern verb (to remove the leaves of a plant)

Portuguese

2 entries

• esfoliar verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)
• exfoliar verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)

Spanish

1 entries

• exfoliar verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)

Swedish

1 entries

• exfoliera verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)

Welsh

1 entries

• diblisgo verb (to remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ziri used a bath sponge to exfoliate his skin.

Source: tatoeba (12649160)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.