Scar

/skɑɹ/

Synonyms for "scar" (227 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Noun(12 words)

cicatrix cicatrice mark scratch blemish blemishing blights bruises burrs cicatrices cratering craters

Verb(2 words)

birthmark blackhead blazeblaze a trailbleb blemish blister blot blotch bluff brand bulla burncaste markchalkchalk upcheckcheck offcheckmark cicatrix

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cicatrize cliff comedo crack crag crater craze cut damage dapple

Adjective(2 words)

blemished damaged

Strong matches (68)

dash deface defacement defect define deform deformation deformity delimit demarcate dent discolor discoloration disfiguration disfigure disfigurement distort distortion dot earmark

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engrave engraving escarpment face fault flaw fleck flick freckle gash graving hack hatch hemangioma hickey impress imprint injure injury jot keloid kink lentigo line maculamake a markmar markmark offmark outmarking

Verb(5 words)

defaced disfigured excoriating gashed mark

Noun(12 words)

defacingdeform materialdenting ding dinging dint disfigurements disfiguringemotional woundkeysleave a markmar

Related words (113)

Noun(24 words)

marks marring mars marses maulmost negative imprintnickpermanent anatomical changepocking pockmarking pockmarks poxscar tissuescarring scrapescratch projectsscuff sears smirchessurface features

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trauma traumatizewedge markswound

milium mole mottleneedle scarnevus nick notch palisade palisades patch pencil pepper pimple pit pock pockmark pointpolka dotport-wine markport-wine stain

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precipice prick print punch punctuate puncture pustule riddle rift scab scarification scarify scarp score scotch scratch scratching seal seamsebaceous cystslash speck speckle splash split splotch spoil spot stain stamp steep stigma stigmatizestrawberry markstreak striate stripe sty taint tattootattoo markticktick offtittle trace track twist underline underscore verruca vesicle wale wall warp wart watermark weal welt wen whitehead wound

Verb(5 words)

pit pock scarifies traumatise waled

Adjective(3 words)

pocked pockmarkedsurface scratch

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

12 entries

blemish damage deface defect disfigure harm marpsychological effectskin conditionsurface defectsymptom

More specific

9 entries

acne scardent nick scarification scratchself esteem damagesurgical scartraumatizetrust damage

Collocations

9 entries

acne scaremotional scarfacial scarkeloid scarpermanent scarscar formationscar tissuescarred tissuesurgical scar

Inflections

3 entries

scarred scarring scars

Derivations

4 entries

scarification scarless scarred scarring

similar

3 entries

mark nock score

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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The tragedy left a scar on my mind.

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Will I have a scar?

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The scar shows clearly.

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The scar on his cheek hardly shows now.

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