Woolly

//ˈwʊli//

Synonyms for "woolly" (51 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

flocculent lanate blazer bristly bushy ciliate cirrose coat

Adjective(2 words)

addled befuddled

Adjective(1 words)

ambiguous

Strong matches (15)

downy feathery fleecy flossy fluffy focus furry fuzzy hairy hirsute hispid imprecise

Adjective(1 words)

flocculent

Adjective(2 words)

gray indistinct

Related words (25)

jacket matted pilose pubescent shagged shaggy soft unshorn whiskered woolly haired woolly headed

Adjective(8 words)

lanate muddled muzzy woolly-haired woolly-headed wooly wooly-haired wooly-minded

Adjective(5 words)

nappy turbid vague woolish woollike

Noun(1 words)

woolly back

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Synonyms

4 entries

flocculent lanate woolly haired woolly headed

derived

29 entries

wild and woolly woolly adelgid woolly aphid woolly bear woolly bear caterpillar woolly bluecurls woolly fringe moss woolly hat woolly hippopotamus woolly lemur woolly mammoth woolly marbles woolly monkey woolly mouse woolly mouse opossum woolly nightshade

Showing 16 of 29 words.

derived from

1 entries

wool

etymologically related_to

1 entries

woolyback

has context

4 entries

liverpool pejorative slang us

related to

11 entries

cloudy fuzzy hazy liverpool shear sheep sweater unclear wool woolly back woolwork

similar

5 entries

confused haired hairy hirsute soft

Translations

40 translations across 20 languages.

Bulgarian

3 entries

вълнен adj (made of wool)
неясен adj (unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy)
объркан adj (unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy)

Catalan

1 entries

llanós adj (made of wool)

Dutch

1 entries

wollig adj (made of wool)

French

1 entries

laineux adj (made of wool)

Friulian

1 entries

lanôs adj (made of wool)

German

4 entries

Woll adj (made of wool)
blumig adj (unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy)
lose adj (having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool)
schwammig adj (having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool)

Greek

1 entries

μάλλινος adj (made of wool)

Hungarian

1 entries

gyapjú adj (made of wool)

Hunsrik

1 entries

wollich adj (made of wool)

Irish

2 entries

olanda adj (made of wool)
olla adj (made of wool)

Italian

1 entries

lanoso adj (made of wool)

Macedonian

4 entries

вла́кнест adj (having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool)
во́лнен adj (made of wool)
не́јасен adj (unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy)
ру́нтав adj (having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool)

Polish

1 entries

wełniany adj (made of wool)

Portuguese

1 entries

lanoso adj (made of wool)

Romanian

1 entries

lânos adj (made of wool)

Russian

1 entries

шерстяно́й adj (made of wool)

Spanish

1 entries

lanoso adj (made of wool)

Swedish

1 entries

ullig adj (having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool)

Turkish

1 entries

yünlü adj (made of wool)

Welsh

1 entries

gwlanog adj (made of wool)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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I love my woolly hat.

Source: tatoeba (1153860)

His mother knitted him a woolly jumper every year for Christmas.

Source: tatoeba (1343856)

The Ice Age was a time when woolly mammoths roamed the Earth.

Source: tatoeba (5322561)

Woolly mammoths once roamed the Earth.

Source: tatoeba (7288124)

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