My electric razor is on fire.
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Razor
/ˈɹeɪzə/
Synonyms for "razor" (13 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: blade, edge tool, hatchet, jackknife, parsimony principle.
- Sentence evidence is available for razor, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "razor".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "razor"
Keep "razor" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "razor" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "razor", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "razor" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesMore specific
7 entrieseconomy principleelectric razorparsimony principlerazor clamrazor shellsafety razorstraight razor
Collocations
6 entriesdisposable razorelectric razorrazor bladerazor edgesafety razorstraight razor
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
153 translations across 106 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skeermes noun (shaving knife)
Albanian
1 entries- brisk noun (shaving knife)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ξυρόν noun (shaving knife)
Arabic
4 entries- ززوار noun (shaving knife)
- موس noun (shaving knife)
- موس noun (shaving knife)
- موس noun (shaving knife)
Aragonese
2 entries- corte noun (shaving knife)
- navalla noun (shaving knife)
Armenian
1 entries- ածելի noun (shaving knife)
Assamese
1 entries- খুৰ noun (shaving knife)
Asturian
4 entries- charrasca noun (shaving knife)
- cheira noun (shaving knife)
- cháfara noun (shaving knife)
- cuchella noun (shaving knife)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ülgüc noun (shaving knife)
Belarusian
1 entries- бры́тва noun (shaving knife)
Bengali
1 entries- খুর noun (shaving knife)
Breton
1 entries- aotenn noun (shaving knife)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бръсна́ч noun (shaving knife)
Burmese
1 entries- သင်တုန်းဓား noun (shaving knife)
Catalan
2 entries- navalla noun (shaving knife)
- raor noun (shaving knife)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- گوێزان noun (shaving knife)
Chechen
1 entries- урс noun (shaving knife)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 剃鬚刀 /剃须刀 noun (shaving knife)
- 鬚刨 /须刨 noun (shaving knife)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 刮鬍刀 /刮胡刀 noun (shaving knife)
- 剃刀 noun (shaving knife)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲑⲟⲕ noun (shaving knife)
Cornish
2 entries- alsen noun (shaving knife)
- alten noun (shaving knife)
Czech
1 entries- břitva noun (shaving knife)
Danish
3 entries- barberkniv noun (shaving knife)
- kniv noun (shaving knife)
- skraber noun (shaving knife)
Dari
2 entries- اُسْتُرَه noun (shaving knife)
- تیغ noun (shaving knife)
Dutch
2 entries- mes noun (shaving knife)
- scheermes noun (shaving knife)
Esperanto
1 entries- razilo noun (shaving knife)
Estonian
1 entries- habemenuga noun (shaving knife)
Evenki
1 entries- хусивун noun (shaving knife)
Faroese
1 entries- rakiblað noun (shaving knife)
Finnish
2 entries- partahöylä noun (shaving knife)
- partaveitsi noun (shaving knife)
French
1 entries- rasoir noun (shaving knife)
Friulian
3 entries- rasadôr noun (shaving knife)
- rasôr noun (shaving knife)
- rosôr noun (shaving knife)
Galician
1 entries- navalla noun (shaving knife)
Georgian
1 entries- სამართებელი noun (shaving knife)
German
3 entries- Rasierapparat noun (shaving knife)
- Rasierer noun (shaving knife)
- Rasiermesser noun (shaving knife)
Greek
2 entries- ξουράφι noun (shaving knife)
- ξυράφι noun (shaving knife)
Gujarati
1 entries- અસ્તરો noun (shaving knife)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- razwa noun (shaving knife)
Hebrew
1 entries- תַּעַר noun (shaving knife)
Hindi
3 entries- उस्तरा noun (shaving knife)
- उस्तुरा noun (shaving knife)
- छुरा noun (shaving knife)
Hungarian
1 entries- borotva noun (shaving knife)
Icelandic
1 entries- rakvél noun (shaving knife)
Indonesian
1 entries- pisau cukur noun (shaving knife)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- اُسْتُرِه noun (shaving knife)
- تیغ noun (shaving knife)
Irish
1 entries- rásúr noun (shaving knife)
Italian
1 entries- rasoio noun (shaving knife)
Japanese
2 entries- レザー noun (shaving knife)
- 剃刀 noun (shaving knife)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұстара noun (shaving knife)
Khmer
1 entries- កាំបិតកោរ noun (shaving knife)
Korean
1 entries- 면도칼 noun (shaving knife)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- устара noun (shaving knife)
Lao
1 entries- ມີດແຖ noun (shaving knife)
Latin
1 entries- novacula noun (shaving knife)
Latvian
1 entries- skuveklis noun (shaving knife)
Laz
1 entries- სკურაჶი noun (shaving knife)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skustùvas noun (shaving knife)
Lombard
2 entries- rasô noun (shaving knife)
- resô noun (shaving knife)
Macedonian
1 entries- брич noun (shaving knife)
Malay
1 entries- pisau cukur noun (shaving knife)
Mongolian
1 entries- сахлын тонгорог noun (shaving knife)
Māori
1 entries- mata heu noun (shaving knife)
Nanai
1 entries- посико noun (shaving knife)
Norman
1 entries- râseux noun (shaving knife)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- gûzan noun (shaving knife)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- barberhøvel noun (shaving knife)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- barberhøvel noun (shaving knife)
Okinawan
1 entries- 剃刀 noun (shaving knife)
Old English
1 entries- sċierseax noun (shaving knife)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اوستره noun (shaving knife)
- موسی noun (shaving knife)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- бритва noun (shaving knife)
Pashto
2 entries- استرا noun (shaving knife)
- پاکي noun (shaving knife)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schäamassa noun (shaving knife)
Polish
1 entries- brzytwa noun (shaving knife)
Pontic Greek
1 entries- ξυράφιν noun (shaving knife)
Portuguese
1 entries- navalha noun (shaving knife)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਉਸਤਰਾ noun (shaving knife)
Rarotongan
1 entries- varu noun (shaving knife)
Romanian
1 entries- brici noun (shaving knife)
Russian
1 entries- бри́тва noun (shaving knife)
Salar
1 entries- yiligüş noun (shaving knife)
Sanskrit
1 entries- क्षुर noun (shaving knife)
Sardinian
2 entries- lesorja noun (shaving knife)
- rasogia noun (shaving knife)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- brìjāč noun (shaving knife)
- brȉtva noun (shaving knife)
- бри̏тва noun (shaving knife)
- брѝја̄ч noun (shaving knife)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- friitv noun (shaving knife)
Slovak
1 entries- britva noun (shaving knife)
Slovene
1 entries- britev noun (shaving knife)
Spanish
2 entries- navaja noun (shaving knife)
- yen noun (shaving knife)
Swedish
1 entries- rakkniv noun (shaving knife)
Tajik
3 entries- поку noun (shaving knife)
- теғ noun (shaving knife)
- устура noun (shaving knife)
Tashelhit
1 entries- ⵜⴰⵙⵙⴳⵯⵔⵎⵜ noun (shaving knife)
Tatar
1 entries- бритва noun (shaving knife)
Telugu
1 entries- క్షురము noun (shaving knife)
Thai
1 entries- มีดโกน noun (shaving knife)
Turkish
1 entries- ustura noun (shaving knife)
Turkmen
2 entries- päki noun (shaving knife)
- pääki noun (shaving knife)
Udi
1 entries- ништӏар noun (shaving knife)
Ukrainian
1 entries- бри́тва noun (shaving knife)
Urdu
2 entries- اُسْتَرا noun (shaving knife)
- اُسْتُرا noun (shaving knife)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۇستۇرا noun (shaving knife)
Uzbek
1 entries- ustara noun (shaving knife)
Venetan
3 entries- raxadór noun (shaving knife)
- raxaór noun (shaving knife)
- raxuro noun (shaving knife)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dao cạo noun (shaving knife)
Volapük
1 entries- jeiföm noun (shaving knife)
Walloon
2 entries- rabot noun (shaving knife)
- raezoe noun (shaving knife)
Welsh
3 entries- ellyn noun (shaving knife)
- rasel noun (shaving knife)
- raser noun (shaving knife)
Yiddish
1 entries- גאָלמעסער noun (shaving knife)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
He shaves with an electric razor every morning.
Source: tatoeba (303884)
I should have tried out this electric razor before buying it.
Source: tatoeba (1008901)
He uses an old-style razor, with shaving cream, for a closer shave.
Source: tatoeba (1182278)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "razor"?
Closest matches include blade, edge tool, hatchet, jackknife, parsimony principle.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "razor"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.