Flake

Synonyms for "flake" (176 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Noun(6 words)

chipback outbit cocaine cornflakes detach

alienearrange in layersavalanche band bar bedlamite bespangle bespeckle bespot bit blizzard blotchborderline casecharacter check checker chip collapse crackbrain crackpot

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crank crystal dandruff dapple delaminate dement demoniac desquamate dolt dot

Strong matches (52)

driven snoweccentric energumen erratic exfoliate fanaticflake offfleck floccule flocculus flock flurry foil fou fragment freak frecklegranular snowharlequin idiot

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igloo iriskeel overkook lamina laminatelay downlay uplayer loon loony lunatic maculate madman maniacmantle of snowmarble marbleize meshuggenah mogul motley mottle noncompos nonconformist

Noun(7 words)

eccentriceccentric personfleck fragment geekice crystalno-show

Verb(1 words)

flake off

Related words (88)

nut oddball paring particlepass outpepper phrenetic piece polychrome polychromize rainbowraving lunaticrecluse scalescale offscrap screwball scurf shaving sliver

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slosh slush snowsnow bannersnow bedsnow blanketsnow blastsnow fencesnow flurrysnow rollersnow slushsnow squallsnow wreathsnow-crystal snowball snowbank snowbridge snowcap snowdrift snowfall snowfield snowflake snowland snowman snowscape snowshed snowslide snowslip snowstorm spangle speck speckle splotch spot sprinkle stigmatize stipplestrange duckstratify streak striate stripe stud tattoo tessellate tuft variegate vein wafer weirdowet snow

Noun(14 words)

oddball peel peeling piece piker renege scrap shaves slacker sliversnow crystalsnowflake spallunreliable person

Verb(3 words)

peelpeel offpeeled

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

17 entries

actorbreak awaybreak offchipchip offcome offcover crystal detach doerfailure to actform fragment nonperformance person piece

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More specific

12 entries

cancel meetingdeadbeatice flakemica flakemiss appointmentno-shownot appearpaint flakepeel offrust flakeslough offsnow crystal

Collocations

10 entries

flake awayflake offflake onflake outgold flakeice flakemica flakepaint flakepaint flakessnowflake

Inflections

3 entries

flaked flakes flaking

Derivations

4 entries

flakelet flakily flakiness flaky

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Let's take precautions against heat fatigue, before we flake out from the heat, and have a healthy summer.

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It's a flake covered in chocolate!

Source: tatoeba (1171834)

One winter's day, when it snowed, he brought out a burning-glass, then he held out the tail of his blue coat, and let the snow-flakes fall upon it. "Look in this glass, Gerda," said he; and she saw how every flake of snow was magnified, and looked like a beautiful flower or a glittering star.

Source: tatoeba (3753010)

If you sift through barrels of dirt, you may eventually find a flake of gold.

Source: tatoeba (5023575)

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