He is no longer a city dweller who has even once in his life caught a ruff or seen how, on clear and cool autumn days, flocks of migrating thrushes drift over a village. Until his death he will be drawn to freedom.
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Ruff
//ɹʌf//
Synonyms for "ruff" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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More general
8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
10 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
2 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
64 entriesShowing 16 of 64 words.
Translations
109 translations across 64 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kemphaan noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Albanian
1 entries- luftëtar noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Arabic
1 entries- دريجة شرسة noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Armenian
1 entries- կռվան կտցար noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- düyməli döyüşkən noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡорохтан noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Basque
1 entries- borrokalari noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Belarusian
1 entries- турухтан noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Breton
2 entries- frezenn noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- frezenneg riotus noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бойник noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- плисирана яка noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- турухтан noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Catalan
2 entries- batallaire noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- escarolat noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 流苏鹬 noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- 襞襟 noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Czech
4 entries- jespák bojovný noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- krejzl noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- krejzlík noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- okruží noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Danish
3 entries- brushane noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- pibekrave noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- præstekrave noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Dutch
4 entries- kemphaan noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- lubbenkraag noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- molensteenkraag noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- pijpkraag noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Esperanto
1 entries- duelbirdo noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Estonian
1 entries- tutkas noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Faroese
1 entries- kápugrælingur noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Finnish
4 entries- höyhenkaulus noun (set of feathers on or around the neck of a bird)
- kaulus noun (collar of fur on or around the neck of an animal)
- kaulus noun (collar on a shaft or similar to prevent endwise motion)
- myllynkivikaulus noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
French
3 entries- combattant varié noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- crinière noun (collar of fur on or around the neck of an animal)
- fraise noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Galician
2 entries- combatente noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- gorgueira noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Georgian
1 entries- ტურუხტანი noun (Philomachus pugnax)
German
2 entries- Halskrause noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- Kampfläufer noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Greek
2 entries- χοντροσκαλίδρα noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- ψευτομαχητής noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Hebrew
1 entries- לוחם noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Hungarian
2 entries- nyakfodor noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- pajzsos cankó noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Icelandic
1 entries- pípukragi noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Ido
1 entries- kolareto noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Irish
1 entries- rufachán noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Italian
2 entries- combattente noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- gorgiera noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Japanese
2 entries- 襞襟 noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- 襟巻鷸 noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Kashubian
1 entries- zmieniwny batalión noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Kazakh
1 entries- күжіркей noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Korean
2 entries- 러프 noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- 목도리도요 noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Latvian
1 entries- gugatnis noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gaidukas noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- ambaraskréimer noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Macedonian
3 entries- Фреза noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- бојник noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- фреза noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Malay
1 entries- burung kedidi ropol noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Malayalam
1 entries- ബഹുവർണ്ണൻ മണലൂതി noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Nepali
1 entries- राजसुड्सुडिया noun (Philomachus pugnax)
North Frisian
1 entries- brüüshöön noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- brushane noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- halsekrus noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- møllesteinskrage noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- pipekrage noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- brushane noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Persian
1 entries- آبچلیک شکیل noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Picard
1 entries- combatant noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Polish
3 entries- batalion noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- kreza noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- kryza noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Portuguese
1 entries- rufo noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Punjabi
1 entries- رف noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Romanian
1 entries- bătăuș noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Russian
1 entries- турухта́н noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Slovak
1 entries- bojovník bahenný noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Slovene
1 entries- togotnik noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Spanish
3 entries- combatiente noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- gorguera noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
- lechuguilla noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Swedish
2 entries- brushane noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- pipkrage noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Tamil
1 entries- பேதை உள்ளான் noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Tatar
1 entries- корыхтан noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Turkish
1 entries- dövüşken kuş noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Ukrainian
3 entries- брижач noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- турухтан noun (Philomachus pugnax)
- фреза noun (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)
Uzbek
1 entries- turuxtan noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Welsh
1 entries- pibydd torchog noun (Philomachus pugnax)
West-Frisian
1 entries- hoants noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Yakut
1 entries- бараах noun (Philomachus pugnax)
Sample sentences
38 total sentences available.
You a Captaine? you ſlaue, for what? for tearing a poore Whores Ruffe in a Bawdy-houſe? Hee a Captaine? hang him Rogue, hee liues vpon mouldie ſtew'd-Pruines, and dry'de Cakes.
Source: wiktionary
"Just look here! I am a parson now. Here is both the gown and the ruff!"
Source: wiktionary
"When we first forgathered, I was sitting on the floor with a chair round my neck." "Like an Elizabethan ruff, as worn by Thomas Botway." "Otway," I said stiffly.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.