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Scrub

//skɹʌb//

Synonyms for "scrub" (252 found)

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Informal (63)

Noun, verb, slang(21 words)

drop end skin grind scrape sponge shower rub cipher tub squirt douche bathe mop shrimp rinse frazzle erase gargle shampoo

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Adj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

hold punk grinding

Noun, punct, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

stay clean bush

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

scratch buff wood

Name, noun, verb, slang(10 words)

file wash wear brush park cancel soap bath shrub swab

Adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(8 words)

figurehead washout runt small fry whippersnapper little guy washup pip-squeak

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(7 words)

mop up baptize rub out do away with leave off wash up scrub up

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

Intj, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (189)

Verb(30 words)

scratch cancel scour delete wear away lay off abrade relinquish scrub up ablate wash out give over discontinue irrigate desist have done with call off rub away rub off wearing away

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sluice out flush out cleaning out toivel rubbing away washing up mopping up scrubbing up wiping up flushing out

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Noun, verb(45 words)

fret abandon chafe scour raze scuff lather refrain sluice renounce dressing attrition graze scouring rasp grazing syringe gnaw scratching sponging

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rinsing fretting enema washing abort filing cleanse launder chafing holystone scraping scrubbing sanding lathering smoothing mopping rinse out laving buffing swabbing burnishing lavage sandblasting douching soaping

Name, noun, verb(9 words)

gall chase fray cease forest woods belay flushing bramble

Adj, noun, verb(11 words)

halt polish grate quit lightweight subordinate shining lave rasping galling polishing

Adj, noun(5 words)

secondary inferior subaltern abrasive jackstraw

Noun(50 words)

bush git obscurity mediocrity scouring erosion nonentity abrasion ablation erasure boondocks arboretum forestry common man irrigation man in the street nebbish ablution man of straw underling

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Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, adv, intj, noun, pron(1 words)

Name, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(2 words)

terminate abrase

Name, noun(5 words)

greenwood briar wildwood brier timberland

Noun, pron(1 words)

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selection forest sprout forest stand of timber brier bush

Proper Noun(2 words)

park forest forest land

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