Woolly

/ˈwʊli/

Synonyms for "woolly" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Adjective(4 words)

addled ambiguous befuddled deluded

Noun(1 words)

astrakhan

blazer bristly bushy ciliate cirrose coat downy

Strong matches (18)

feathery fleecy flocculent flossy fluffy focus furry fuzzy hairy hirsute hispid jacket

Adjective(6 words)

fleeciest flocculent furriest furry fuzzy imprecise

Related words (29)

lanate matted pilose pubescent shagged shaggy soft unshorn whiskered

Adjective(18 words)

lanate muddled muzzy scatterbrained sheeplike tomentose tomentous vague woolen woolier wooliest woollier woolliest woolly-haired woolly-headed wooly wooly-haired wooly-minded

Noun(2 words)

wooliewoolly back

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

fabriclinguistic featurepersonality traittexture

More specific

9 entries

absent-mindednessambiguous statementcloudy judgmentfleece-covered fuzzy-coatedimprecise conclusionmerino woolunclear argumentworsted wool

Collocations

5 entries

woolly coatwoolly jumperwoolly mammothwoolly sweaterwoolly thinking

Inflections

2 entries

woollier woolliest

Derivations

2 entries

woolliness woolly-minded

similar

5 entries

confused haired hairy hirsute soft

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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I love my woolly hat.

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

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

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Woolly mammoths once roamed the Earth.

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