Scar

//skɑɹ//

Synonyms for "scar" (171 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Noun(2 words)

scratch birthmark blackhead blaze blaze a trail bleb blemish blister blot blotch bluff brand bulla burn caste mark chalk chalk up check check off checkmark

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cicatrice cicatrix cicatrize cliff comedo crack crag crater craze cut damage dapple dash

Strong matches (51)

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

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engraving escarpment face fault flaw fleck flick freckle gash graving hack hatch hemangioma hickey impress imprint injure injury jot keloid kink lentigo line macula make a mark mar mark mark off mark out

Noun(1 words)

mark

Verb(1 words)

mark

Related words (85)

Related word relations

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

12 relation types

More general

7 entries

blemish deface defect disfigure mar symptom

Synonyms

2 entries

cicatrice scratch

Related terms

1 entries

birthmark

at location

1 entries

finger

capable of

1 entries

appear to fade over time

dbpedia genre

1 entries

fantasy

derived

18 entries

Preston-under-Scar Red Scar battle-scarred fire scar labelscar leaf scar nonscarring scar limestone scar tissue scar tree scarface scarless scarlike scarproof scarrer scarringly

Showing 16 of 18 words.

entails

1 entries

incise

is a

4 entries

book characterization disease symptom

manner of

1 entries

deface

related to

31 entries

after after injury birthmark cliff cut cut heals fire scar food fish heals injured injured tissue injury marine mark mind old

Showing 16 of 31 words.

similar

3 entries

mark nock score

Translations

177 translations across 94 languages.

Acehnese

1 entries

parôt noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Ahtna

1 entries

setʼ noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Albanian

1 entries

plokë noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

οὐλή noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Arabic

2 entries

نَدْب noun (permanent mark on the skin)
نَدْبَة noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Armenian

1 entries

սպի noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

cırıq noun (permanent mark on the skin)
yara yeri noun (permanent mark on the skin)
çapıq noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Basque

2 entries

orbain noun (permanent mark on the skin)
orbaindu verb (to mark the skin permanently)

Belarusian

2 entries

рубе́ц noun (permanent mark on the skin)
шнар noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Bulgarian

3 entries

белег noun (permanent mark on the skin)
следа noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)
правя белег verb (to mark the skin permanently)

Burmese

2 entries

အနာရွတ် noun (permanent mark on the skin)
အမာရွတ် noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Catalan

2 entries

cicatriu noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cicatriu noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

傷疤 /伤疤 noun (permanent mark on the skin)
傷痕 /伤痕 noun (permanent mark on the skin)
心理創傷 /心理创伤 noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)
疤 noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Czech

2 entries

jizva noun (permanent mark on the skin)
zjizvit verb (to mark the skin permanently)

Danish

1 entries

ar noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Dutch

1 entries

litteken noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Esperanto

2 entries

cikatro noun (permanent mark on the skin)
stigmato noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Estonian

1 entries

arm noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Faroese

1 entries

arr noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Finnish

4 entries

arpi noun (permanent mark on the skin)
arpi noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)
kari noun (rock in the sea)
luoto noun (rock in the sea)

French

4 entries

balafre noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cicatrice noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cicatrice noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)
cicatriser verb (to mark the skin permanently)

Galician

4 entries

bruzo noun (permanent mark on the skin)
chilro noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cicatriz noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cicatrís noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Gamilaraay

1 entries

mubirr noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Georgian

4 entries

ნაიარევი noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ნაწიბური noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ნაჭდევი noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ნაჭრილობევი noun (permanent mark on the skin)

German

4 entries

Narbe noun (permanent mark on the skin)
entstellen verb (to mark the skin permanently)
traumatisieren verb (to affect deeply in a traumatic manner)
verunstalten verb (to mark the skin permanently)

Greek

2 entries

ουλή noun (permanent mark on the skin)
σημαδεύω verb (to mark the skin permanently)

Hausa

1 entries

tabo noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Hawaiian

1 entries

ʻālina noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Hebrew

1 entries

צַלֶּקֶת noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Hungarian

3 entries

forradás noun (permanent mark on the skin)
heg noun (permanent mark on the skin)
sebhely noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Icelandic

1 entries

ör noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Ido

2 entries

cikatro noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cikatrizar verb (to mark the skin permanently)

Indonesian

1 entries

parut noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Ingrian

1 entries

arpi noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Irish

1 entries

colm noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Italian

2 entries

cicatrice noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cicatrice noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)

Japanese

2 entries

傷 noun (permanent mark on the skin)
瘢痕 noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Khmer

4 entries

សម្លាក noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ស្នាម noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ស្លាក noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ស្លាកស្នាម noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Korean

1 entries

흉터 noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Lao

3 entries

ຕາບ noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ຮອຽບາດ noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ແຜ noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Latgalian

2 entries

ciertums noun (permanent mark on the skin)
rāna noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Latin

2 entries

cicātrix noun (permanent mark on the skin)
notō verb (to mark the skin permanently)

Latvian

1 entries

rēta noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Lithuanian

1 entries

randas noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

bluzna noun (permanent mark on the skin)
šmara noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Lower Tanan

1 entries

shet noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Macedonian

1 entries

лузна noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Maguindanao

1 entries

baleng noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Malay

1 entries

parut noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Maltese

1 entries

ċikatriċi noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Maranao

1 entries

baleng noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Marathi

1 entries

व्रण noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Mongolian

1 entries

сорви noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Māori

3 entries

kutiwera noun (permanent mark on the skin)
nawe noun (permanent mark on the skin)
tiwha noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Nanai

1 entries

калхин noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Navajo

1 entries

sid noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Nepali

1 entries

दाग noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Norman

1 entries

pliaie noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

şûna birînê noun (permanent mark on the skin)
şûnbirîn noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Norwegian

1 entries

arr noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Occitan

1 entries

cicatritz noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Old English

1 entries

dolgswæþ noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

داغ noun (permanent mark on the skin)
یاره noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Persian

1 entries

اثرزخم noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Kjoaw noun (permanent mark on the skin)
Noaw noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Polish

4 entries

blizna noun (permanent mark on the skin)
szrama noun (permanent mark on the skin)
bliznowacieć verb (to form a scar)
bliźnić się verb (to form a scar)

Portuguese

4 entries

cicatriz noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cicatrizar verb (to form a scar)
deixar cicatriz verb (to mark the skin permanently)
marcar verb (to affect deeply in a traumatic manner)

Quechua

1 entries

q'illa noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Rohingya

1 entries

gáa noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Romanian

1 entries

cicatrice noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Russian

2 entries

рубе́ц noun (permanent mark on the skin)
шрам noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Scots

1 entries

blain noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

eàrra noun (permanent mark on the skin)
leòn noun (permanent mark on the skin)
làrach noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ožiljak noun (permanent mark on the skin)
ожиљак noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Slovak

1 entries

jazva noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Slovene

1 entries

brazgotina noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Spanish

4 entries

alforza noun (permanent mark on the skin)
chirlazo noun (permanent mark on the skin)
chirlo noun (permanent mark on the skin)
cicatriz noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)

Swahili

1 entries

kovu noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Swedish

1 entries

ärr noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Tagalog

1 entries

peklat noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Tamil

3 entries

தழும்பு noun (permanent mark on the skin)
தழும்பு noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)
வடு noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Tausug

1 entries

bakās pali noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Telugu

1 entries

మచ్చ noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Ternate

1 entries

boke noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Thai

2 entries

ปม noun (permanent negative mark on the mind)
แผลเป็น noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Tibetan

1 entries

རྨ་རྗེས noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Tigrinya

1 entries

በሰላ noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Turkish

2 entries

yara noun (permanent mark on the skin)
yara izi noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Ukrainian

2 entries

рубе́ць noun (permanent mark on the skin)
шрам noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Vietnamese

2 entries

sẹo noun (permanent mark on the skin)
thẹo noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Vilamovian

1 entries

śruma noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Volapük

1 entries

skar noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Welsh

1 entries

craith noun (permanent mark on the skin)

Yiddish

1 entries

שראַם noun (permanent mark on the skin)

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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